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Telsa Motors has the innovation it takes to make it to the future of automobile transportation. Self driving luxury cars that will be affordable in the following years in the price-range form 50-100k.

I believe the ‘Next Big Thing’ will be in the health and medicine field. Nanoparticles are now being tested on human subjects to detect diseases and even battle cancer. Research is being done to produce nanoparticles to enter in human cells and help the body’s immune system fight and even prevent cancer and other serious illnesses.

These nanoparticles have been used to detect potentially fatal infections when time is precious and test results will take too long. Sepsis, an infection of the blood, usually takes three days to get test results back to confirm or deny the bacteria present. In three days the patient, if they are infected, would be dead. Nanoparticles have been used to determine infection and report diagnostics identifying all the specific bacteria that are present in about TWO HOURS.

These nanoparticles are being applied to treat brain injury, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and to be used as a new broad-spectrum antibiotic.

Google has gotten involved in this R&D for the “cancer-detection pill”. I think that we will see this technology a lot sooner than imagined.

Web Sources Used:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-health-tech-enterprise-7-ventures-watch-entering-ocano

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/nanoparticles-and-the-future-of-medicine/

Tech news is all around us. Experts are constantly shoving the next big thing down our throat. So what is the next big thing?

Personally, right now I think it’s wearable gear. While it’s not technically a new idea it’s definitely catching on a big way. Google Glass and the Apple Watch are great examples. When they were first introduced, you could hardly visit a tech site without them being the leading article. Now obviously, we know Google Glass kind of failed and went back to the drawing board, but it’s not the death of wearable electronics. Apple’s watch has really caught on lately. While, the reviews might say it’s not there yet, it will be soon since the greatest minds in the industry are hard at work on that type of technology right now. So why is wearable gear getting so much attention?

My answer is mass integration. Having to constantly dig through your pocket for your phone is annoying. So are the constant smudges that you have to wipe off the screen. Then there’s the fact it can be dropped and broken. Right now in the industry, they’re trying to rework designs to fix these flaws. They want technology to be so integrated into your life it’s no longer a separate device from you, it is you. It’s almost like they want us to be turned into cyborgs or something. It’s supposed to be so seamless you don’t even realize you’re using it anymore. That’s why wearable tech is the future.

One technological feature I think (and hope) will really take off in the next few years is mobile payment. While several high-profile companies have rolled out payment options, no platform or business model has taken off yet, as Qoura points out. Considering the advertising opportunities and the advancement of mobile phones and their applications, I think it will only be a matter of time before we’re relying on our phones to pay for our everyday purchases. One thing that could be very popular is spending tracking and classifying. An app that would track purchases and give the consumer easily understood visual data about what they spend their money on and when would be huge among almost every demographic. Virtually everyone is trying to cut down on spending in this economy. A simple, easy-to-use and free app could quickly join the ranks of the Facebook, YouTube and Google Play apps and be almost universal if marketed right. The advertisement opportunities would also be a good incentive: brands or companies could offer app users a small discount on purchases if the customer uses the app to pay, therefore encouraging consumers to both download the app and spend their money on products.

The concept around a connected car is simple; provide internet access to passengers in vehicles.

This idea is also something that people, including myself, have wanted for quite a long time now. It’ll be great to stream movies in the backseat while on a road trip, or it would just be nice to play music without sporadic buffering.

However, there are some worries that come along with connected cars such as an outside user’s ability to hack into your vehicle’s system.

So, like all other technological innovations, only time can tell if connected cars will withstand the test of time.

According to IBM, self-driving cars should be fully functional by the year 2025 and after this years CES tradeshow we just got a little closer to this reality. This past January Mercedes Benz revealed an F015 Electric Hybrid car . Not only can the car identify when it is ok for you to cross the street but it also lets cars around you know where it intends to park. Through the use of digital images a lighted sidewalk appears as well as a neon arrow icon locating the car’s parking spot.  Once mobilized the car can raise or lower the volume based on your hand movements and gestures as well as perform a variety of other tasks as well.

While it certainly does spark one’s curiosity it does raise a lot of questions. Through the use of advanced technology and design how much will the car be sold for? Will it require a larger charging time since it is a hybrid ? How foolproof is it? Will it be prone to hacking? Does it take into consideration different weather conditions? The list goes on and on but until each consumer is able to actually drive or in this case experience the car themselves one can’t help but remain skeptical.

http://www.ce.org/Blog/Articles/2015/June/Self-Driving-Car-Technology-You-Can-Expect-By-2020.aspx

3D printing is the next big thing that offers endless possibilities. Though it’s still in its early stages now, in another ten to fifteen years, it will have been improved on greatly and we will possibly start using them in our homes. They will be used to print everyday products as well as things we’ve customized ourselves or even our own designs. It will be a lot easier to make and share things that we’ve created. Beyond personal use, 3D printing has the potential to make strides in the medical community. It will likely be able to print organs in the future. There are already limbs being printed for humans and even prosthetic hands for children in need. There has already been a 3D printed home and a company is currently working on 3D-printing a bridge over water in Amsterdam. There is still a long way to go and a lot to be improved upon when it comes to 3D printing, but when you think about all the possibilities that it will offer, it’s clear that it will be the next big thing.

Virtual Reality has the potential to revolutionize the news business, especially in-field reporting. The goal of a news reporter is to describe an event or scene to the viewers at home in an honest but detailed manner. It is always a challenge for journalists to be as descriptive as possible without stretching the truth. A popular quote describing the role of a reporter is “I’m here, you’re not. Let me tell you about it”. However, virtual reality will soon allow for people to actually be there in a way. This PBS article calls virtual reality “the ultimate empathy machine”. People always want to put themselves in someone else’s shoes. Virtual Reality will now allow for those shoes to be put on. It will be interesting to see how VR impacts the future of news.

I’ve always found virtual reality a fascinating topic. I think there’s always some desire to escape reality when it becomes overwhelming. Something as simple as a projected fantasy world can be a large stress relief for some people. I think the next big thing will through Google’s Niantic Labs video games. They’re able to incorporate this virtuality with the real world, allowing people to move outside to play rather than be cooped up inside. It’s amazing that it can add value to a city; they incorporate anomalies with historical markers. It benefits by bringing together such a large variety of people together.

http://www.zipcar.com/ziptopia/future-metropolis/google-ingress

I think that the next big thing could be 3D printing. It seems more plausible to me than a lot of ideas and concepts going out right now. I was reading that there isn’t much hype for it and that it is still in the very early stages, but I think if people invest enough time into it could be huge in a couple of years. I remember seeing videos and thing about it a while back where a guy had gotten a hold of one or was helping design one and he used it to print a gun. Many people were put off by this, saying that if 3D printing like this becomes available to the general public than it could be bad. People could be printing their own guns and weapons and have complete access to things like that. I tend to see the good in things and don’t have a negative view about this. If anything, I think that society would start to realize the practical use for 3D printing.

It could be bad in that there would be no need for factories anymore or manufacturers of any kind because then anyone with a 3D printer would print things off in their own home whenever they want. I read in an article on digitaltrends.com that 3D printing is still in the early stages and equates it to that of the first Macintosh computer. It has practical uses, but still has a long way to go before it can be as useful and convenient as the iPhone.  But I think there is hope for the future of 3d printing. I think that it has already begun to make a positive impact for some industries, such as the medical field. This video below is so heartwarming and shows that 3D printing could help a lot more people.