Covering Disruptive Technology Powering Business in The Digital Age

Written By: Sandeep Kapoor – Keysight Technologies

Charles Darwin made this historic statement 153 years ago: “From so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” The quote from his book, On the Origin of the Species, is quite apt today when applied to emerging technologies. Among the most notable of these are 5G, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and digital twin.

Revolutionary Inventions Pave the Way for Future Technological Innovations 

In 2022, the world celebrated the 75th anniversary of the well-known device, the transistor. The world also celebrated the 65th anniversary of another stellar device, the integrated circuit. Since then, we have evolved from a single amplifier block to a 3,000-transistor wafer in the 1970s to a nanometre process that can accommodate 50 billion transistors onto a chip the size of a fingernail. In the last 35 years, the semiconductor market grew from over USD $30B to more than USD $600B. This, in turn, has created millions of employment opportunities.

Sixty years ago, the Mansfield News Journal correctly predicted the future in an article with the headline: “You’ll be able to carry [your] phone in [a] pocket in the future.” Exactly 20 years after that, Motorola launched the first commercially available cellular phone, DynaTac 8000X, costing USD $3995. It weighed around 1 kilogram and providing 30 minutes of talk time per charging cycle for 1G networks.

Emerging Technologies Mature as Life-Altering Advances Continue

The evolution continues as 5G networks overcome design challenges to enable <1 ms latency and up to 20 Gbps speed. But progress is not about speed and latency only. Many innovations have directly impacted the development of landmark devices, including cameras, phone books and clocks.

Today, the world has over 14 billion connected devices and more than 7 billion mobile phone users. Additionally, global mobile traffic has crossed the benchmark of 100 EB (one billion Gigabytes) per month. Expect these numbers to grow exponentially in the next several decades.

For instance, we will see the evolution of the 2 nm process, accommodating 333 million transistors in 1 square millimetre. Moreover, the tech cosmos is already hooked on developing 6G mobile communication technologies, which will transform the world even more.

How 5G and 6G Technology Will Impact the Future of Humankind

As the next technological evolution unfolds, we can expect to see technology for humanity accelerate. This will result in significant improvements in healthcare, disease prediction, education delivery, productivity enhancement, crop protection, and much more.

For instance, expanding 5G and 6G wireless technologies in rural areas, combined with robots, temperature moisture sensors, drone aerial imagery and GPS technologies, will significantly contribute to sustainable agriculture. Smart agriculture unlocks new ways to optimise crop production, conserve resources and improve soil health. In addition, all these help farmers reduce their carbon footprint.

These technologies will also help in decreasing water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, real-time data collected by IoT-enabled drones and sensors results in more efficient and accurate pesticide spraying. As a result, it could lessen overall pesticide use significantly.

The Evolution of 5G and 6G Technologies Will Drive Autonomous Vehicles Forward

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.3 million people lose their lives yearly due to road accidents. Moreover, another 20 million suffer injuries. Human errors cause 95% of these traffic accidents. Precision technologies used in autonomous vehicles Avs will considerably help prevent accidents and loss to humanity.

“Today, the world has over 14 billion connected devices and more than 7 billion mobile phone users. Additionally, global mobile traffic has crossed the benchmark of 100 EB (one billion Gigabytes) per month. Expect these numbers to grow exponentially in the next several decades.”

Furthermore, rural healthcare has been a significant concern for all nations. The concept of telemedicine has existed for decades. However, the implementation has been a major challenge due to the lack of enabling technologies. All the technological advancements are helping bridge the gap considerably. They are also making it possible to take primary and secondary healthcare to rural areas.

These are just some of the ways technology is advancing humankind. There will be more use cases in the future as innovation reaches a fever pitch.

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