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https://www.reuters.com/technology/# List of emerging technologies ## Electronics, IT, and communications | Emerging technology | Status | Potential applications | Related articles | |-|-|-|-| | [6G cellular communications](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6G_(network))[[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-Applications,_trends,_technologies,_and_open_research_problems_in_6G_wireless-17)[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-18) | Conceptual | [Mobile phones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone) | | | [Artificial general intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence) | Hypothetical, experiments[[19]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-19)[[20]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-20)[[21]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-21) | Creating intelligent devices and [robots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot); AI can counsel (or even take charge) in scientific projects, government, army, corporate governance, film and books creation, inventions etc. | [Progress in artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_in_artificial_intelligence), [technological singularity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity), [applications of artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications_of_artificial_intelligence) | | [Biometrics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics) | Diffusion, commercialization | | | | [Blockchain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain) | Diffusion, commercialization | [Finance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance), [digital currency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_currency), [identity (social science)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_(social_science)), [Web3.0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3), [Smart contracts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Contract) | [Bitcoin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin), [Ethereum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum) | | [Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube_field-effect_transistor) | Research and development | Future miniaturization of transistors | | | [Cashierless store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashierless_store) | Limited commercialization | | | | [Civic technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_technology) | Research and development, projects | [Smart cities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_cities), more responsive government | [Smart city](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city), [e-democracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-democracy), [open data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data), [intelligent environment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_environment) | | [Digital scent technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_scent_technology) | Diffusion | | [Smell-O-Vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision), [iSmell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISmell) | | [DNA digital data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_digital_data_storage) | Experiments | Mass data storage | | | [Electronic nose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_nose) | Research, limited commercialization[[22]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-22)[[23]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-23) | Detecting [spoiled food](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_spoilage), [chemical weapons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapon), and cancer | | | Emerging memory technologies<br>( [T-RAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-RAM), [CBRAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBRAM), [SONOS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SONOS), [RRAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistive_random-access_memory), [racetrack memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_memory), [NRAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-RAM), [phase-change memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-change_memory), [FJG RAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FJG_RAM), [millipede memory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede_memory), [Skyrmion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyrmion), [programmable metallization cell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_metallization_cell), [ferroelectric RAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferroelectric_RAM), [magnetoresistive RAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoresistive_RAM), [nvSRAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NvSRAM)) | In development | | | | Emerging magnetic data storage technologies<br>( [SMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_Magnetic_Recording), [HAMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat-Assisted_Magnetic_Recording), [BPM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterned_media), [MAMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAMR?action=edit&redlink=1), [TDMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TDMR), [CPP/GMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPP/GMR?action=edit&redlink=1), [PMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_Magnetic_Recording), [hard disk drive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive)) | In development ( [HAMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat-assisted_magnetic_recording), [BPM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterned_media)); diffusion ( [SMR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording)) | Greatly improved storage density compared to current HDDs, can be combined | | | [5D optical data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5D_optical_data_storage) | Research, prototypes | Extremely compact, long-lasting information storage | | | [E-textiles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-textiles) | Research, diffusion[[24]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-24) | Wearable technology | | | [Exascale computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exascale_computing) | Projects | | | | [Exocortex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocortex) | Diffusion of primitive amplifications; working prototypes of more; Hypothetical, experiments on more substantial amplification | | | | [Flexible electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_electronics) | Research, development, prototypes, limited commercialization (e.g. [Samsung Galaxy Fold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Fold)) | Flexible and/or foldable electronic devices, and flexible [solar cells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell) which are lightweight, can be rolled up for launch, and are easily deployable | Nokia Morph, [Flexible organic light-emitting diode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_organic_light-emitting_diode) | | [Fourth-generation optical discs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc#Fourth-generation) ( [3D optical data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_optical_data_storage), [Holographic data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_data_storage)) | Research, prototyping[[25]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-25) | Storing and archiving data previously erased for economic reasons | [Blu-ray Disc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc), [Optical storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_storage) | | [Li-Fi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-Fi) | Demos | | [Laser communication in space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_communication_in_space) | | [Machine vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_vision) | Research, prototyping, commercialization[[26]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-telegraph1-26) | [Biometrics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics), controlling processes (e.g., in [driverless car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driverless_car), [automated guided vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_guided_vehicle)), detecting events (e.g., in visual [surveillance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance)), interaction (e.g., in [human–computer interaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction)), robot vision | [Computer vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_vision), [pattern recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_recognition), [digital image processing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_image_processing) | | [Magnonics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnonics) | Research | Data storage | | | [Memristor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor) | Working prototype[[27]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-27)[[28]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-28) | Smaller, faster, more energy-efficient [storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_data_storage), [analogue electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogue_electronics), [programmable logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_device),[[29]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-29) [signal processing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_processing),[[30]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-30) [neural networks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_networks),[[31]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-31) [control systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_theory),[[32]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-32) [reconfigurable computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconfigurable_computing),[[33]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-33) [brain–computer interfaces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interfaces),[[34]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-34) [RFID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID),[[35]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-35) and [pattern recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_recognition)[[36]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-36) | | | [Metaverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse) | Experiments | [Virtual reality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality), [Augmented reality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality) | | | [Molecular electronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_electronics) | Research and development | | | | [Multimodal contactless biometric face/iris systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics) | Deployed at various airports and federal security checkpoints[[37]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-37) | Unimodal facial recognition scanners | | | [Nanoelectromechanical systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoelectromechanical_systems) | Research and development | | | | [Nanoradio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoradio) | Research and development, diffusion | | | | [Neuromorphic engineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromorphic_engineering) | Research and development | | | | [Optical computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_computing) | Hypothetical, experiments; some components of integrated circuits have been developed[[38]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-38) | Smaller, faster, lower power consuming computing | | | [Quantum computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computer) | Experiments,[[39]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-39) commercialization,[[40]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-40) early diffusion | Much faster computing for some kinds of problems, chemical modeling, new materials with programmed properties, Hypothetical of [high-temperature superconductivity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-temperature_superconductivity) and [superfluidity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfluidity) | | | [Quantum cryptography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography) | Commercialization[[41]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-41) | Secure communications | | | [Quantum radar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_radar) | Prototypes | | | | [Radio-frequency identification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification) | Diffusion of high cost[[42]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-42)[[43]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-43)[[44]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-44) | [Smartstores](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartstores) – RFID-based [self-checkout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-checkout) (keeping track of all incoming and outgoing products), [food packaging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_packaging#rfid), smart shelves, smart carts. See: _[potential uses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification#Potential_uses)_ | | | [Software-defined radio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio) | Development, commercialization | [Cognitive radio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_radio), [Mesh networks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network), [Software defined antenna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_defined_antenna) | [GNU Radio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Radio), [List of software-defined radios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software-defined_radios), [Universal Software Radio Peripheral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Software_Radio_Peripheral) | | [Solid-state transformer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_transformer) | Development, prototypes | | | | [Speech recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition) | Research, development, commercialization | | | | [Spintronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintronics) | Working prototypes[[45]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-45) | [Data storage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_data_storage), computing devices | | | [Subvocal recognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocal_recognition) | Research, development, commercialization | | | | [Thermal copper pillar bump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_copper_pillar_bump) | Working prototypes in discrete devices | Electric circuit cooling, micro-fluidic [actuators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuator), [thermoelectric power generation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_generator) | [Ultra high definition holographic disc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc), [Metal–insulator transition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%E2%80%93insulator_transition) | | [Three-dimensional integrated circuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimensional_integrated_circuit) | Development, commercialization | Memory and data processing | | | [Twistronics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twistronics) | Development | | | ## Optoelectronics | Emerging technology | Status | Potential applications | Related articles | |-|-|-|-| | [Laser video display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_video_display) | Limited commercialization (e.g. Mitsubishi LaserVue TV in 2008) | Displays with a very wide colour [gamut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut) | [Laser TV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_TV), [Comparison of display technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_display_technology) | | [Holography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holography) ( [holographic display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_display), [computer-generated holography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_holography)) | Diffusion[[46]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-46)[[47]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-47)[[48]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-48)[[49]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-49) | | | | [Optical transistor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_transistor) | Some prototypes | | | | [Screenless display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenless_video) ( [Virtual retinal display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display), [Bionic contact lens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionic_contact_lens), [Augmented reality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality), [Virtual reality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality)) | Experiments | Virtual tools and entertainment in a real-world environment, aids for the [visually impaired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_impairment) | [Head-mounted display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-mounted_display), [Head-up display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display), [Adaptive optics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_optics#Adaptive_optics_in_retinal_imaging), [EyeTap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeTap), [Google Glass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass), [Microsoft HoloLens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_HoloLens), [AR cloud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR_cloud?action=edit&redlink=1)[[50]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-50) | | [Volumetric (3D) display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric_display) | Research, working prototypes, commercialization[[51]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies#cite_note-51) | [Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television), [computer interfaces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_interface), [cinemas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_theater), 3-dimensional imagery | [Autostereoscopic display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereoscopy), [stereoscopic display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy), [volumetric display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric_display), [Holographic display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_display), [Light Field display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_field#Applications_of_light_fields), [Nintendo 3DS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_3DS), [Swept-volume display](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swept-volume_display) |
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https://www.bbc.com/technology# New Technology Trends in 2026: What's Real and What's Next Table of Contents [Latest Technology Trends in 2026](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#latest_technology_trends_in_2026) [AI and Agentic Systems](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#ai_and_agentic_systems) [Cybersecurity and Digital Trust](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#cybersecurity_and_digital_trust) [Cloud, Edge, and AI Infrastructure](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#cloud_edge_and_ai_infrastructure) [Emerging Technologies Reshaping Industries](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#emerging_technologies_reshaping_industries) [What's Rising in Early 2027](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#whats_rising_in_early_2027) [New Technology Trends and Jobs in 2026](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#new_technology_trends_and_jobs_in_2026) [What is New In Tech and How to Stay Relevant?](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#what_is_new_in_tech_and_how_to_stay_relevant) [FAQs](https://www.simplilearn.com/top-technology-trends-and-jobs-article#faqs) ## Cloud, Edge, and AI Infrastructure ### Platform Engineering and FinOps Instead of every team reinventing its own deployment pipeline, platform teams are building internal developer platforms with golden-path templates, standardized [CI/CD](https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/devops-tutorial/continuous-delivery-and-continuous-deployment), and secure defaults baked in, directly increasing delivery speed while reducing risk. Alongside this, FinOps has become a genuine career differentiator because it blends technical and business skills. ## Emerging Technologies Reshaping Industries - Robotics Moving From Prototype to Deployment Humanoid [robotics](https://www.simplilearn.com/future-of-robotics-article) is shifting from research demos to real commercial orders, led by industrial and logistics use cases where ROI is easiest to prove, with healthcare as a fast-growing second wave. The bottleneck has shifted from mechanical engineering to AI: perception, motion planning, and end-to-end learning systems are now the limiting factor, not hardware. - Spatial Computing and Digital Twins ## FAQs ### 2. What are emerging technologies? In 2026, that includes quantum computing, humanoid and industrial robotics, and spatial computing/digital twins, as distinct from new technologies like enterprise RAG or hybrid cloud, which are already usable and adopted at scale. ### 3. Which latest technologies are creating the most jobs? AI and agentic AI engineering currently show the fastest job-posting growth and highest salary ceilings, followed closely by cloud/platform engineering and cybersecurity.
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