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Big technology trends in 2014(+ examples of small European companies blazing trails)
@robinwauters / founding editor of Tech.eu
A little bit about me
@robinwauters / founding editor of Tech.eu
Trends do not necessarily equal innovation
Sometimes, big companies set the trends(as in: not startups)
Sometimes, startups set the trends(as in: decidedly not the big tech companies)
Accurately predicting future trends in tech is almost impossible ... fortunately
Trend #1- The Internet of Everything
Trend #1- The Internet of Everything
Cisco's definition:
“IoE brings together people, process, data, and things to make networked connections more
relevant and valuable than ever before — turning information into actions that create
new capabilities, richer experiences, and unprecedented economic opportunity for
businesses, individuals, and countries.”
Trend #1- The Internet of Everything
- 30+ billion connected devices by 2020 (ABI)
- dozens of trillions connections between them
- huge anticipated impact on supply of water and food, education, fitness and healthcare, climate change, and countless other 'things'
Trend #1- The Internet of Everything
Lock8 (UK)
Trend #1- The Internet of Everything
CubeSensors (Slovenia)
Trend #1- The Internet of Everything
Tado° (Germany)
Trend #1- The Internet of Everything
Intellectronics / iSocket (Finland)
Trend #2- Lean Hardware & Robotics
Trend #2 - Lean Hardware & Robotics
- More and more entrepreneurs take the 'lean', agile approach to hardware manufacturing
- using “modern tools of digital fabrication, online collaboration and e-commerce to create
a new way to make and distribute things”
- Minimize waste and risk to maximize chances of success and return on investment
Trend #2 – Lean Hardware & Robotics
Raspberry Pi (UK)
Trend #2 – Lean Hardware & Robotics
Jolla (Finland)
Trend #2 – Lean Hardware & Robotics
Geeksphone (Spain)
Trend #2 – Lean Hardware & Robotics
Kano (UK)
Trend #3- Smart Wearable Technology
Trend #3- Smart Wearable Technology
- Wearable computers, meet ubiquitous computing. Be nice to each other.
- Making technology pervasive in all aspects of life, in ways no other computer would be able to
- Realtime everything: monitoring + recording
Trend #3- Smart Wearable Technology
MuteWatch (Sweden)
Trend #3- Smart Wearable Technology
Now Computing / Stormfly (Spain)
Trend #3- Smart Wearable Technology
ShoeSense (France)
Trend #3- Smart Wearable Technology
Memoto (Sweden)
Trend #4 – Connected Cars & Fleets
Trend #4 – Connected Cars & Fleets
- Car as Internet-connected platforms
- Allowing drivers to connect with their cars via smart devices, even from a distance
- Opportunities for entertainment, data, location and network sharing, etc.
Trend #4 – Connected Cars & Fleets
High Mobility (Estonia)
Trend #4 – Connected Cars & Fleets
Cloud Your Car (Poland)
Trend #5 – Personal Health Monitoring
Trend #5 – Personal Health Monitoring
- Rising 'Quantified Self' wave
- It's not just about 'lifelogging', it's about using data to improve and maintain our health
- Fitness and activity tracking, genetics, personal analytics, sleep monitoring
Trend #5 – Personal Health Monitoring
Runtastic (Austria)
Trend #5 – Personal Health Monitoring
Scanadu (Belgium)
Trend #5 – Personal Health Monitoring
Withings (France)
Trend #6 – Gesture Recognition & Control
Trend #6 – Gesture Recognition & Control
- Interpreting and acting on human gestures via mathematical algorithms
- Will make text and graphical user interfaces look primitive over time (for certain things)
- Opportunities for entertainment but also education, healthcare, and more
Trend #6 – Gesture Recognition & Control
Omek Interactive (Israel)
Trend #6 – Gesture Recognition & Control
SoftKinetic (Belgium)
Trend #6 – Gesture Recognition & Control
PrimeSense (Israel)
Trend #7 – 3D Printing
Trend #7 – 3D Printing
- From digital model to three-dimensional solid object in no time (additive manufacturing)
- Both for mass production, domestic (hobbyist) use - fashion and art
- Applications in architecture, engineering, construction, industrial design, automotive,
aerospace, military, healthcare, etc.
Trend #7 – 3D Printing
Materialise (Belgium)
Trend #7 – 3D Printing
GrabCAD (Estonia)
Trend #7 – 3D Printing
BEEVERYCREATIVE (Portugal)
Trend #7 – 3D Printing
Leapfrog (The Netherlands)
Trend #8 – Collaborative Consumption
Trend #8 – Collaborative Consumption
- 'Sharing economy': shift from ownership to access, both businesses and consumers
- Enables distribution, sharing and reuse of excess capacity in property, goods and services
- Rise of social media usage, broadband penetration and information technology
Trend #8 – Collaborative Consumption
HouseTrip (UK)
Trend #8 – Collaborative Consumption
FON (Spain)
Trend #8 – Collaborative Consumption
BlaBlaCar (France)
Trend #8 – Collaborative Consumption
Carpooling (Germany)
Trend #9 – Digitization of Finance
Trend #9 – Digitization of Finance
- Not just payments, but banking, accountancy, currency exchange, expense management etc.
- Smart connected devices + faster connectivity + financial tech improvements
- Impacting consumers, merchants, large retailers and corporations alike
Trend #9 – Digitization of Finance
SumUp (Germany)
Trend #9 – Digitization of Finance
iZettle (Sweden)
Trend #9 – Digitization of Finance
Paymill (Germany)
Trend #9 – Digitization of Finance
TransferWise (Estonia/UK)
There are many stories left to be told ...
@robinwauters / founding editor of Tech.eu