Impeller Labs explore five key trends that are transforming society and creating the foundation for future enterprise growth:
The I in Experience
Helping people choose their own adventure
Redesign digital experiences with new models that amplify personal agency. Turn passive audiences into active participants by transforming one-way experiences into true collaborations.
AI and Me
Reimagine the business through human and AI collaboration Take a new approach that uses artificial intelligence to bring out the full power of people. Move beyond deploying AI for automation alone and push into the new frontier of co-creation between people and machines.
The Dilemma of Smart Things
Overcome the “beta burden”
Address the new reality of product ownership in the era of “forever beta.” Transform pain points into an opportunity to create an unprecedented level of business customer partnership.
Robots in the Wild
Growing the enterprise’s reach—and responsibility
Build new models of interaction and impact as robotics move beyond the walls of the enterprise. Companies in every industry will unlock new opportunities by introducing robots to the next frontier: the open world.
Innovation DNA
Create an engine for continuous innovation
Tap into the unprecedented scale of disruptive technology available today. Build the capabilities and ecosystem partnerships necessary to assemble the organization’s unique innovation DNA.
The I in Experience
Helping people choose their own adventure
Redesign digital experiences with new models that amplify personal agency. Turn passive audiences into active participants by transforming one-way experiences into true collaborations.
AI and Me
Reimagine the business through human and AI collaboration Take a new approach that uses artificial intelligence to bring out the full power of people. Move beyond deploying AI for automation alone and push into the new frontier of co-creation between people and machines.
The Dilemma of Smart Things
Overcome the “beta burden”
Address the new reality of product ownership in the era of “forever beta.” Transform pain points into an opportunity to create an unprecedented level of business customer partnership.
Robots in the Wild
Growing the enterprise’s reach—and responsibility
Build new models of interaction and impact as robotics move beyond the walls of the enterprise. Companies in every industry will unlock new opportunities by introducing robots to the next frontier: the open world.
Innovation DNA
Create an engine for continuous innovation
Tap into the unprecedented scale of disruptive technology available today. Build the capabilities and ecosystem partnerships necessary to assemble the organization’s unique innovation DNA.
FUTURE OF SOFTWARE AND SOCIETY
Many emerging technologies you hear about today will reach a tipping point by 2025, according to a report from The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & Society.
The council surveyed more than 800 executives and experts from the technology sector to share their respective timelines for when technologies would become mainstream.
From the survey results, the council identified 21 defining moments, all of which they predict will occur by 2030:
1. 90% of the population will have unlimited and free data storage by 2018.
2. The first robotic pharmacist will arrive in the US 2021.
3. 1 trillion sensors will be connected to the internet by 2022.
4. 10% of the world's population will be wearing clothes connected to the internet by 2022.
5. the first 3D-printed car will be in production by 2022.
6. The first implantable mobile phone will become commercially available in 2025.
7. The first government will replace its census with big-data technologies by 2023.
8. 10% of reading glasses will be connected to the internet by 2023.
9. 80% of people on earth will have a digital presence online by 2023.
10. A government will collect taxes for the first time via blockchain 2023.
11. 90% of the global population will have a supercomputer in their pocket by 2023.
12. Access to the internet will become a basic right by 2024.
13. The first transplant of a 3D-printed liver will occur by 2024.
14. By 2024, more than 50% of internet traffic to homes will be from appliances and devices.
15. 5% of consumer products will be 3D printed
16. 30% of corporate audits will be performed by artificial intelligence by 2025.
17. Globally more trips will be made using car-sharing programs than privately-owned cars by 2025.
18. Driverless cars will account for 10% of all cars in the US by 2026.
19. The first AI machine will join a corporate board of directors 2026.
20. The first city with more than 50,000 people and no traffic lights will come into existence by 2026.
21. By 2027, 10% of global gross domestic product will be stored using blockchain technology.
Many emerging technologies you hear about today will reach a tipping point by 2025, according to a report from The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & Society.
The council surveyed more than 800 executives and experts from the technology sector to share their respective timelines for when technologies would become mainstream.
From the survey results, the council identified 21 defining moments, all of which they predict will occur by 2030:
1. 90% of the population will have unlimited and free data storage by 2018.
2. The first robotic pharmacist will arrive in the US 2021.
3. 1 trillion sensors will be connected to the internet by 2022.
4. 10% of the world's population will be wearing clothes connected to the internet by 2022.
5. the first 3D-printed car will be in production by 2022.
6. The first implantable mobile phone will become commercially available in 2025.
7. The first government will replace its census with big-data technologies by 2023.
8. 10% of reading glasses will be connected to the internet by 2023.
9. 80% of people on earth will have a digital presence online by 2023.
10. A government will collect taxes for the first time via blockchain 2023.
11. 90% of the global population will have a supercomputer in their pocket by 2023.
12. Access to the internet will become a basic right by 2024.
13. The first transplant of a 3D-printed liver will occur by 2024.
14. By 2024, more than 50% of internet traffic to homes will be from appliances and devices.
15. 5% of consumer products will be 3D printed
16. 30% of corporate audits will be performed by artificial intelligence by 2025.
17. Globally more trips will be made using car-sharing programs than privately-owned cars by 2025.
18. Driverless cars will account for 10% of all cars in the US by 2026.
19. The first AI machine will join a corporate board of directors 2026.
20. The first city with more than 50,000 people and no traffic lights will come into existence by 2026.
21. By 2027, 10% of global gross domestic product will be stored using blockchain technology.