Emerging tech

5G

Computer-manipulated media in which one person’s likeness is superimposed onto another person in an image or video.

Ambient computing

Computer-manipulated media in which one person’s likeness is superimposed onto another person in an image or video.

Autonomous drones

Autonomous drones

Autonomous vehicles

Computer-manipulated media in which one person’s likeness is superimposed onto another person in an image or video.

Computer vision

Computer vision

Data locality

Data locality

Deep fakes

Computer-manipulated media in which one person’s likeness is superimposed onto another person in an image or video.

Digital twin

Digital twin

Facial recognition

Facial recognition technology matches human faces from digital images or videos to those stored in a database of ‘known’ faces.

Gaze tracking

Gaze tracking

Gesture recognition

Gesture recognition

Green cloud

The practice of making cloud-based workloads as environmentally friendly as possible.

Human-machine collaboration

Human-machine collaboration

Quantum computing

Quantum computing

Smart cities

Programmable business agreements that allow for automatic execution of actions according to agreed terms.

Smart contracts

Programmable business agreements that allow for automatic execution of actions according to agreed terms.

Surveillance technology

Surveillance technology

Touchless interactions

Computer-manipulated media in which one person’s likeness is superimposed onto another person in an image or video.

Ubiquitous connectivity

Ubiquitous connectivity

Wearables

Computing devices that can be worn, embedded in clothing or even implanted. The smartwatch and fitness band remain the most identifiable examples — but a vast range of wearable devices is starting to emerge.