technology predictions for 2019 | Future timeline

Read 50 technology predictions for 2019, 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 2019

  • 5G compatible laptops to arrive by 2019 thanks to Intel/HP/Lenovo/Dell partnership. link
  • The Benban Solar Park, the world’s largest solar park will finish construction in Egypt by late 2019. link
  • The world’s largest offshore wind farm starts is completed. link
  • 5G ready smartphones to hit the market. link
  • Abu Dhabi completes the world's largest solar plant. link
  • Denmark opens the first zoo without cages. link
  • NASA completes the Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management (UTM) to manaage drone traffic in our skies. link
  • James Webb Space Telescope is launched into orbit to discover liquid water on other planets link
  • England's "Crossrail" is fully builtlink
Forecast
In 2019, a number of technology breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • 5G compatible laptops to arrive by 2019 thanks to Intel/HP/Lenovo/Dell partnership. link
  • The Benban Solar Park, the world’s largest solar park will finish construction in Egypt by late 2019. link
  • The world’s largest offshore wind farm starts is completed. link
  • NASA completes the Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management (UTM) to manaage drone traffic in our skies. link
  • James Webb Space Telescope is launched into orbit to discover liquid water on other planets link
  • Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 1.4 US dollars link
  • England's "Crossrail" is fully built link
  • World sales of electric vehicles reaches 5,900,000 link
  • Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 16 exabytes link
  • Global Internet traffic grows to 158 exabytes link
Prediction
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