The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025 report highlights 10 innovations with the potential to reshape industries and societies.
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The annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies report highlights the technologies set to positively impact society within the next three to five years. The report provides a qualitative assessment of each technology's potential impact on people and the planet.
The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 report highlights the technologies set to positively impact society within the next three to five years.
This report, now in its 11th year, highlights the technologies set to positively impact society within the next three to five years. It provides a qualitative assessment of each technology's potential impact on people, the planet, prosperity, industry and equity.
The 10th-anniversary edition of the World Economic Forum’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report lists new technologies poised to impact the world in the next three to five years.
These are the most exciting technologies that emerged in 2020 and – according to our experts – have the greatest potential to positively transform society and industry. What opportunities will they unlock, what risks will they pose?
The report highlights top emerging technologies like virtual teleportation, humanoid robots, biodegradable plastics, and DNA-based data storage.
The report showcases transformative technologies like batteries for villages and microchips for medical research, aiming to raise awareness and close gaps in investment, regulation, and understanding.
The report highlights innovations like hydrogen-powered cars and brain-inspired computer chips. Compiled by the World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council, it aims to raise awareness and address gaps in investment, regulation, and understanding.