technology predictions for 2016 | Future timeline

Read 39 technology predictions for 2016, a year that will see the world transform thanks to disruptions in technology that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore some of them below. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

technology forecasts for 2016

  • Switzerland's "Gotthard Base Tunnel" is fully builtlink
  • Brazil's "Solar City Tower" is fully builtlink
Forecast
In 2016, a number of technology breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 1.8 US dollars link
  • Switzerland's "Gotthard Base Tunnel" is fully built link
  • Brazil's "Solar City Tower" is fully built link
  • World sales of electric vehicles reaches 3,900,000 link
  • Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 4 exabytes link
  • Global Internet traffic grows to 91 exabytes link
Prediction
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2016 include:

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