Samrat Paneru

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life, it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the mother of civilisations, of arts and sciences,” Freeman Dyson has said.
As stated above, technology is the evolution of the human race. For about two decades we have seen a rapid update and upgrade in the field of Information Technology. There exist many technologies that we could have never imagined of, for example, smartphones, personal computer, smart ‘everything’ and many more.
There are still a lot of areas which are undiscovered in the field of information technology. A new invention is being made every week but it might not get out if the lab due to the security purpose and lack of marketplace.
I have always dreamed about a mouse-less mouse, projection keyboard and holograph all these have been developed by some of the greatest people but these devices are limited in the lab and are being updated and upgraded. Virtualisation, Cloud Computing, Internet of things, Nanotechnology and Artificial Intelligence are the systems that will help us make today’s impossible things possible in future.
In the next decade, we may see many technologies that can be extraordinarily helpful in our human life. Let’s imagine the world with extraordinary technology that we are going to build together. Back in the 1970s computer used to be so big, it used to occupy the space of the entire room and now we have laptop microcontroller whose size is about 4-5 inches. People are now trying to develop computers which are called Zero-Size Intelligence. These devices will be so small that they will fit in the size of the memory card and their transistors will be at the atomic level.
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) may be pretty common. Urban Exploration, Safety and Rescue Operations, Entertainment like games, photo filters and Shopping Experiences can be enhanced with AR technology. VR can help us in many ways but some of them are military training and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD). Nuclear specialist training, crime scene reconstruction and classroom lectures can be attended with VR technology from our very own room.
Natural disasters like a landslide, flood and tsunami can be predicted with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data. We have seen Voice Assistant like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant which might be able to control many smart devices from our voice command that we will be using in the near future. AI can help us build almost anything from robotics, nanotechnology, image search, suggestion for vacation spots, news reports and weather forecasts. AI can also help us in many ways like vehicle auto piloting on the road or in the air or on water. Error reduction and space exploration and many tasks will be done with the use of AI.
We live in the 21st century and humans have explored millions of bodies outside the earth. In the future it may be so easy to explore space with the use of technology like Nanotech, AI and Quantum Computing. We can search for life on a planet much faster than now with these technologies.
Carbon fibre may be the next revolution in this decade. Many things we use could be made up of carbon fibre and it will be of lightweight and much stronger than aluminum. Graphene is an allotrope form of carbon that can be used to develop medicine, electronic devices, sensors and imagine charging our smartphone and laptop within few seconds. This can be done with the use of graphene.
The Internet of Things is in the phase of upgradation and further research. In the next decade, people may be surrounded by sensors which will help them live in easier ways. Most of the cities in the world might be smart cities and every device might be smart because of the internet of things.
Three-D printer can be the next revolution in the art, architect and medical field. We have successfully printed rib cage bones of humans which can be used as artificial legs, hands. Scientists believe that we may be able to print an entire well-functioning human organ with this technology.
Robotics is another revolutionary technology that is evolving day by day. We have started to use robotic workers in the industry, agriculture, and hotels. Drones may take over the delivery industry. Other kinds of robots might take over the jobs or it might be automated. I think a robot can take over about 20 per cent of the job that humans do in the next decade. Humans will have more time to explore and understand the laws of nature to uplift our living.
Oceans Rivers, lakes, forests and air which are polluted due to human activities can be easily cleaned with the use of Nanotechnology.
A newspaper of future will be on a single page and they will be connected with the internet. Classic newspapers will be like one of the online news apps that we use today. Every household appliance will be smart to uplift our living standards.
I have tried to describe the futuristic technologies that we might be able to use to enhance our daily life. These technologies will help we humans to understand a new dimension of the way we store, understand and analyse information.

(Paneru is a BSc IT second year student at International School of Management and Technology, Kathmandu. panerusamrat@gmail.com)