Stronger and more robust materials, finer resolution, new finishing techniques, factory-level management software, and many other advances are increasing the adoption of 3D printing in industries such as healthcare, footwear, and automotive. In 2020, we expect to see this trend continue as other industries discover the benefits of mass customization and the opportunity to print parts that are not easy or affordable to produce using traditional means. LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 10 December 2019– IEEE Computer Society tech experts unveil their annual predictions for the future of tech, presenting what they believe will be the most widely adopted technology trends in 2020. Six of the top 12 technology predictions have been developed into peer-reviewed articles published in Computer magazine’s December issue, covering topics that include cognitive robotics, practical drone delivery, and digital twins.

• XR has the potential to transform learning, working, and interacting with the world.
• The NET Power pilot in Texas is working to generate electricity with natural gas while capturing the vast majority of emissions.
• USB 3.0 devices will use a slightly different connector, but USB 3.0 ports are expected to be backward-compatible with current USB plugs, and vice versa.
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• You’ll get step-by-step guidance, and you’ll finish with a completion certificate to show off your new tech skills.
• Because the display was too heavy to be borne comfortably, it was held in place by a suspension system.

Exciting research and development in materials science are leading to the creation of stronger, durable, lighter, and even “self-healing” and self-assembling materials. The capability to design and manufacture infrastructures such as bridges, roads, buildings with stronger, adaptable, self-intelligent, and seemingly eternal materials will revolutionize the construction and transportation industries. Robotics have great potential for space and ocean exploration in extreme environments.

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If so, it would mean the world has a way to produce carbon-free energy from a fossil fuel at a reasonable cost. Such natural-gas plants could be cranked up and down on demand, avoiding the high capital costs of nuclear power and sidestepping the unsteady supply that renewables generally provide. Near-real-time translation now works for a large number of languages and is easy to use. Right now the use of AI is dominated by a relatively few companies, but as a cloud-based service, it could be widely available to many more, giving the economy a boost. Synthetic human embryos would be a boon to scientists, letting them tease apart events early in development. And since such embryos start with easily manipulated stem cells, labs will be able to employ a full range of tools, such as gene editing, to investigate them as they grow.

Memristors will theoretically be cheaper and far faster than flash memory, and allow far greater memory densities. They could also replace RAM chips as we know them, so that, after you turn off your computer, it will remember exactly what it was doing when you turn it back on, and return to work instantly. This lowering of cost and consolidating of components may lead to affordable, solid-state computers that fit in your pocket and run many times faster than today’s PCs. I’m the creator of Learn to Code With Me, a blog for beginners teaching themselves how to code.

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Besides continuing refinements to the security system of the OS and to its look and feel, Windows 7 may finally bring to fruition the long-rumored database-like WinFS file system. Performance and compatibility improvements over Vista are also expected. The USB 3.0 spec is nearly finished, with consumer gear now predicted to come in 2010. Meanwhile, a host of competing high-speed plugs–DisplayPort, eSATA, and HDMI–will soon become commonplace on PCs, driven largely by the onset of high-def video. Even FireWire is looking at an imminent upgrade of up to 3.2 gbps performance.

Data analysis was so popular in the early 2000s that students were taught introductory classes on the subject in school. As of 2020, computer and information research scientists earned a median annual pay of $126,830, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics expecting much-faster-than-average growth for the profession from 2019 through 2029. Several highly commercial and widely used technologies from the early 2000s have completely vanished, and other ones have replaced them. DirectML abstracts across the different hardware options our Independent Hardware Vendor partners bring to the Windows ecosystem, and supports across GPUs and NPUs, with CPU integration coming soon. It integrates with relevant frameworks, such as the ONNX Runtime, PyTorch and WebNN.