Emerging technologies

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Rising technologies are those technologies whose development, practical applications, or both are still in the early stages of development, and as a result, they are symbolically emerging into prominence from a backdrop of nonexistence or obscurity, as opposed to established technologies. These technologies are mainly new, but they also contain older technologies that are still in their infancy in terms of potential, such as gene therapy, which is still in its early stages (which dates to circa 1990 but even today still has large undeveloped potential). Emerging technologies are often portrayed as having the potential to alter the status quo.

Uncertainty and ambiguity describe emerging technologies, which are marked by radical innovation (in application even if not in sources), relatively rapid expansion, coherence, significant influence, and coherence. To put it another way, an emerging technology can be defined as follows: "a technological innovation that is radically novel and relatively fast growing, characterised by a degree of coherence that persists over time and the potential to exert a significant impact on the socio-economic domain(s) that is observed in terms of the composition of actors, institutions, and patterns of interactions among those, as well as the associated knowledge production processes Its most significant influence, on the other hand, will be felt in the future, making the situation in the early stages of development unpredictable and ambiguous."

Emerging technologies encompass a wide range of technologies such as educational technology, information technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, cognitive science, robotics, and artificial intelligence, to name a few categories.

It is possible that new technical areas will emerge as a consequence of the technological convergence of several systems moving towards comparable aims. Convergence is the merging of formerly independent technologies such as voice (and telephony features), data (and productivity apps), and video so that they may share resources and interact with one another, resulting in increased efficiency.