technology predictions for 2016 | Future timeline
Read 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
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 1
- Switzerland's "Gotthard Base Tunnel" is fully built 1
- Brazil's "Solar City Tower" is fully built 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 3,900,000 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 4 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 91 exabytes 1
Prediction
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2016 include: