technology predictions for 2018 | Future timeline

Read 58 technology predictions for 2018, a year that will see the world transform thanks to disruptions in technology that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore some of them below. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

technology forecasts for 2018

  • Voice user interface (VUI) goes fully mainstream thanks to competition between Amazon and Google. link
  • Infrared photography tech for enhancing smartphone images is introduced to the smartphone market. link
  • 10Gbps Wi-Fi available at 5GHz frequency bands.link
  • First 3D printed car created. link
  • Video content (Netflix, YouTube, etc.) to make up over 80 percent of all Internet web traffic. link
  • There will be one Wi-Fi hotspot for every 20 people. link
  • In China, 10Gbps Wi-Fi becomes available at 5GHz frequency bandslink
  • HP's latest computer invention, The Machine, is available for purchase and is 6 times more powerful than current serverslink
  • First 3D printed car created link
  • Kenya/Uganda/Rwanda's "Mombasa-Kigali railway project" is fully builtlink
  • Abu Dhabi's "Yas Island" is fully builtlink
  • South Korea's "Songdo IBD" is fully builtlink
  • Abu Dhabi's "Saadiyat Island" is fully builtlink
  • Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 10.5 exabyteslink
  • Global Internet traffic grows to 132 exabyteslink
Forecast
In 2018, a number of technology breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • Video content (Netflix, YouTube, etc.) to make up over 80 percent of all Internet web traffic. link
  • There will be one Wi-Fi hotspot for every 20 people. link
  • HP's latest computer invention, The Machine, is available for purchase and is 6 times more powerful than current servers link
  • In China, 10Gbps Wi-Fi becomes available at 5GHz frequency bands link
  • First 3D printed car created link
  • Kenya/Uganda/Rwanda's "Mombasa-Kigali railway project" is fully built link
  • Abu Dhabi's "Saadiyat Island" is fully built link
  • South Korea's "Songdo IBD" is fully built link
  • Abu Dhabi's "Yas Island" is fully built link
  • World sales of electric vehicles reaches 5,200,000 link
  • Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 10.5 exabytes link
  • Global Internet traffic grows to 132 exabytes link
Prediction
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