technology predictions for 2028 | Future timeline

Read technology predictions for 2028, 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 2028

  • Teachers start collaborating with AI assistants that help them manage administrative tasks like lesson plan creation, marking students' papers, and validating attendance, thereby freeing up teachers' time for more personalized student attention and teaching. (Likelihood 90%)1
  • Smartphones become capable of detecting diseases through brethalyzer screening technology. 1
  • Contact lenses with cameras become available for purchase. 1
  • Asia becomes the center of air travel. 1
  • Hypersonic missiles are in military use. 1
  • Smartphones become capable of detecting diseases through brethalyzer screening technology 1
  • Contact lenses with cameras become available for purchase 1
  • Asia becomes the center of air travel 1
  • Hypersonic missiles are in military use 1
Forecast
In 2028, a number of technology breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • Canada's high skilled workforce and lower dollar will make the Greater Toronto Area the second-biggest tech hub in North America after Silicon Valley by 2026 to 2028. Likelihood: 70% 1
  • Smartphones become capable of detecting diseases through brethalyzer screening technology 1
  • Contact lenses with cameras become available for purchase 1
  • Asia becomes the center of air travel 1
  • Hypersonic missiles are in military use 1
  • Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 0.65 US dollars 1
  • World sales of electric vehicles reaches 11,846,667 1
  • Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 176 exabytes 1
  • Global Internet traffic grows to 572 exabytes 1

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