Which technologies are most likely to change the world? I highlighted 4 that I think are going to be most disruptive.

3. HYPERLOOP BLOCKCHAIN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MIXED REALITY
VOTE NOW
WHICH ONE WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE WORLD?

4. HYPERLOOP

5. WHAT IS IT?
THE FIRST NEW MODE OF TRANSPORT SINCE PLANES
~40 PERSON PODS THAT ARE PROPELLED THROUGH TUBES BY MAGNETS IN A VACUUM
SPEEDS OVER 700MPH (FASTER THAN A 747)
MANCHESTER TO LONDON IN 18 MINS
OPEN SOURCE, THANKS TO ELON MUSK
LEADING COMPANY AT TIME OF WRITING IS HYPERLOOP ONE, A BRITISH A COMPANY
WORKING PROTOTYPE ALREADY TESTED IN NEVADA DESERT
STRUCTURED LIKE A PHYSICAL VERSION OF THE INTERNET

6. HOW WILL IT CHANGE THE WORLD?
HAS POTENTIAL TO RESTRUCTURE CITIES - NO LONGER WILL WE ALL HAVE
TO FIT WITHIN A SHORT RADIUS OF OUR WORKPLACE
TRANSFORM FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS
MUCH MORE ECO-FRIENDLY
FAR CHEAPER
HUGE JOB CREATION POTENTIAL

8. BLOCKCHAIN

9. WHAT IS IT?
BLOCKCHAIN:
A DIGITAL LEDGER IN WHICH TRANSACTIONS ARE RECORDED CHRONOLOGICALLY AND PUBLICLY
CRYPTOCURRENCY:
A DIGITAL CURRENCY IN WHICH ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUES ARE USED TO REGULATE THE GENERATION
OF UNITS OF CURRENCY AND VERIFY THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS
BITCOIN/ETHEREUM/LITECOIN/BITCOIN CASH:
TYPES OF CRYPTOCURRENCY WITH DIFFERENT BENEFITS, ACCOUNTING FOR 75% OF THE TRADING
VOLUME OF THE 1135 AVAILABLE CRYPTOCURRENCIES
KEY BENEFITS ARE:
DISTRIBUTED, TRANSPARENT, SECURE, TRUSTLESS,
TRANSACTIONS CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY EXECUTED

10. HOW WILL IT CHANGE THE WORLD?
ALREADY HAPPENING:
CURRENT MARKET CAP OF $140BN
$4BN OF TRADING EVERY 24HR
IMPLICATIONS THAT GO FAR BEYOND JUST FINANCE - ANYTHING THAT DEPENDS ON
TRUST, OR WOULD BENEFIT FROM EITHER TRANSPARENCY OR DECENTRALISATION, IS
RIPE FOR DISRUPTION BY BLOCKCHAIN
WE DON’T FULLY KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT YET

12. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

13. WHAT IS IT?
NO SIMPLE ANSWER… BUT BREAKING IT DOWN INTO COMPONENT PARTS:
1) “ARTIFICIAL” IS EASY -
NOT OCCURRING IN NATURE OR NOT OCCURRING IN THE SAME FORM IN NATURE
2) “INTELLIGENCE” IS NOT SO EASY -
OPENS UP LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FREE WILL, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT
LOTS OF PHILOSOPHERS HAVE TRIED TO DEFINE IT BUT NO CONSENSUS HAS BEEN REACHED SO FAR
BEST ATTEMPT CAME FROM SHANE LEGG (GOOGLE DEEPMIND) IN 2007:
INTELLIGENCE MEASURES AN AGENT’S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE GOALS IN A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTS

14. HOW WILL IT CHANGE THE WORLD?
AI WILL DRIVE 95% OF CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS BY 2025
UP TO 90% OF UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS TO BE REPLACED BY AI BY 2030
(SOME OF THE) KEY BENEFITS:
ENABLE THE INTERNET OF THINGS
MASS AUTOMATION (OR AT LEAST CO-OPERATION WITH MACHINES)
MASS PERSONALISATION
TRANSFORMATIVE CRYPTOGRAPHY
ABLE TO DEAL WITH NEW DATA SETS AT HUGE VOLUMES

16. MIXED REALITY

17. WHAT IS IT?
LOTS OF INDUSTRY DEBATE ABOUT TERMINOLOGY AND STANDARDISATION, BUT BASICALLY...
VIRTUAL REALITY:
IMMERSIVE DIGITAL WORLDS AND VISUALISATIONS, AIMING FOR “PRESENCE”
(THE FEELING THAT YOU’RE THERE)
AUGMENTED REALITY:
THE REAL WORLD WITH VIRTUAL STUFF SHOWN ON TOP OF IT. THAT VIRTUAL CONTENT MAY OR
MAY NOT BE ANCHORED TO THE REAL WORLD (THINK BLIPPAR VS POKEMON GO)
MIXED REALITY:
FLEXIBLE CATCH-ALL TERM THAT COVERS THEM BOTH

18. HOW WILL IT CHANGE THE WORLD?
CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON GAMING AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, BUT POTENTIAL IS HUGE
ALL MAJOR TECH PLAYERS ARE BETTING ON IT:
FACEBOOK (OCULUS), SAMSUNG (GEAR), GOOGLE (DAYDREAM), HTC (VIVE), ETC
HUGE RANGE OF NEW CAPABILITIES:
HOLOPORTATION, LEVERAGING NEW DATA SETS, VIRTUAL WORLDS,
VAK LEARNING, VISUALISATION

20. VOTE NOW
HYPERLOOP BLOCKCHAIN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MIXED REALITY
WHICH ONE WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE WORLD?

21. FURTHER READING
HYPERLOOP - ALEXA STOP PODCAST EPISODE 7
BLOCKCHAIN - HOW I EXPLAINED BLOCKCHAIN TO MY GRANDMOTHER
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTATION, MELANIE COOK
MIXED REALITY - DIFFERENCES AMONG VIRTUAL, AUGMENTED, AND MIXED REALITY