Gartner's 2013 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
The 2013 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle highlights technologies that support all six of these areas including: 1. Augmenting humans with technology Technologies make it possible to augment human performance in physical, emotional and cognitive areas. The main benefit to enterprises in augmenting humans with technology is to create a more capable workforce. For example, consider if all employees had access to wearable technology that could answer any product or service question or pull up any enterprise data at will. The ability to improve productivity, sell better or serve customer better will increase significantly. Enterprises interested in these technologies should look to bioacoustic sensing, quantified self, 3D bioprinting, brain-computer interface, human augmentation, speech-to-speech translation, neurobusiness, wearable user interfaces, augmented reality and gesture control. 2. Machines replacing humans There are clear opportunities for machines to replace humans: d...