< PreviousCopyright © Matthew Griffin. All Rights Reserved T e c h n o l o g y S t a r b u r s t Estimated Wide Spread Use 1 General Purpose Technology 1 2021 STARBURST REVIEW I N THE 2021 Griffin Emerging Technology Starburst, which displays 167 of the world’s most significant emerging technologies, each with an addressable market value of over $500 Billion spread across 13 categories, up to a timeline of 2070, I promoted 17 new emerging technologies and demoted 17 - the lowest of any year so far. In 2021 there were fewer notable world firsts than in 2020 which, as in 2020, I again attribute to the fact that much of the worlds investment and R&D flows were re-aligned to fight the global pandemic, COVID-19. There was also a marked decrease, of approximately 23 percent year on year, in the number of new emerging technologies that appeared, and this marks the first consecutive year on year decline I’ve seen since I’ve been keeping records. Unsurprisingly Biotech, Compute, and Energy saw the largest gains, and this was the year that many emerging technologies showed the world what they were capable of - whether it was using AI to develop vaccines or 3D printing to print out of stock parts for ventilators. 2021’s stand out world firsts included: AI learning the art of “Diplomacy” • First 2nm computer chip • First 5G NR installation • First 5 minute EV charging system • First AI credited as an inventor • First autonomous Hunter-Killer drone kill • First Bio-Artificial Kidney • First empathetic first person VR surgery preview • First EV with 1,000km range • First green steel • First unethical Human burgers • First Internet of Electricity material • First mass biometric spoofing cyber attack • First Metaverse city • First re-programmable satellite • First spontaneously replicating living robot. And many more. 2021 to 2070 TIMELINE: 51311institute.com CLICK OR SCAN TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE A3 STARBURST POSTERCopyright © Matthew Griffin. All Rights Reserved T e c h n o l o g y S t a r b u r s t Estimated Wide Spread Use 1 General Purpose Technology 1 2020 STARBURST REVIEW I N THE 2020 Starburst I extended the timeline to 2070, an increase from the 2019 Starburst which only extended to 2060, and tracked the development of 167 of the years most significant emerging exponential technologies, each with an addressable market value of over $500 Billion spread across 13 major categories, one of which “Electronics” was a new addition. I also promoted 44 new emerging technologies, and demoted 45. In 2020 there were fewer notable world firsts than in 2019 which I attribute to the fact that much of the worlds investment and R&D flows were re-aligned to help the world conquer the debilitating global pandemic, COVID-19. There was also a marked decrease, of approximately 40 percent year on year, in the number of new emerging technologies that appeared this year and this is reflected in the 2021 Starburst that saw the lowest number of new entries since my records began. Unsurprisingly though the Biotech and Intelligence categories saw the largest gains. 2020’s stand out world firsts included: Advanced DeepFakes • First 3D printed mini human heart • First 6G satellite test • First AI generated interactive procedural VR game • First AR smart contact lenses • First artificial living cells • First Bio-Synthetic network • First CRISPR in vivo gene editing • First hypersonic weapons deployment • First in vivo 3D Bio-Printing robot • First novel Cancer vaccine • First pilotless commercial aircraft • First protein folding AI • First reversal of human ageing • First room temperature superconductor • First virtual food. And many more. 2020 to 2070 TIMELINE: 53311institute.com CLICK OR SCAN TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE A3 STARBURST POSTERCopyright © Matthew Griffin. All Rights Reserved e c h n o l o g y S t a r b u r s t Estimated Wide Spread Use 1 General Purpose Technology 1 2019 STARBURST REVIEW I N THE 2019 Starburst I extended the timeline to 2060, an increase from the 2018 Starburst which only extended to 2040, and tracked the development of 169 of the years most significant emerging technologies, across 12 major categories, one of which “Intelligence” was a new addition. I also promoted 28 new emerging technologies, and demoted 28. For the first time the Starburst also visualised 25 General Purpose Technologies (GPT) that will drive innovation and disruption across multiple sectors. In 2019 there were more notable world firsts than in 2018, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, there were also noticeable breakthroughs in Advanced Manufacturing, Computing, Robotics, and Synthetic Biology. 2019’s stand out world firsts included: Achieving Quantum Supremacy • AI beats superstar human gamers • An evolving AI that developed new tools • Beef 3D printed in space • First 8 base pair synthetic DNA organism • First aerosol based mRNA in vivo genetic engineering therapy • First AI counsellor • First AI designed vaccine • First AI signed by a record label • First AI strategy development platform • First AI written book • First fully autonomous EV energy grid • First fully autonomous vertical farm • First in vivo autonomous robot voyage • First lab grown fillet steak • First living metabolising material • First metamaterial invisibility cloak • First plasma light sabres • First programmable DNA computer • First programmable living robots • First replicating synthetic cells • First synthetic human genome designed by an AI • First ultrasound tractor beam. And many more. 2019 to 2060 TIMELINE: 55311institute.com CLICK OR SCAN TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE A3 STARBURST POSTERCopyright © Matthew Griffin. All Rights Reserved e c h n o l o g y S t a r b u r s t Estimated Wide Spread Use 1 2018 STARBURST REVIEW I N THE 2018 Starburst, which displays 169 of the world’s most significant emerging technologies, each with an addressable market value of over $500 Billion spread across 11 categories, I expanded the timeline from 2035 to 2040, promoted 42 new emerging technologies and demoted 42. In 2018 I saw a notable increase in the number of world firsts compared to 2017, especially in the fields of Computing and Materials. There were also note worthy breakthroughs in Advanced Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computing, Neural Interfaces, and Synthetic Biology. 2018’s stand out world firsts included: A million core Neuromorphic computer that simulated a whole mouse brain • An AI made out of DNA • An AI made out of glass • Development of the world’s most durable material • Estonia becoming the first nation capable of re-booting itself • First 3D printed AI • First 5G robot remote surgery • First AI generated art sold at auction • First AI politician • First AI Robo-Coder • First AI Synthetic Content generators • First conscious robot • First game of human telepathic Tetris • First million core Neuromorphic computer • First Quantum Compass • First space elevator trials • First successful regenerative medicine trial to re-grow severed frog limbs • Living human memories edited for the first time • Memories transferred between living animals • Video’s replayed from bacterial biological computers • Weaponisation of neural networks. And many more. 2018 to 2040 TIMELINE: 57311institute.com CLICK OR SCAN TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE A3 STARBURST POSTERCopyright © Matthew Griffin. All Rights Reserved e c h n o l o g y S t a r b u r s t Estimated Wide Spread Use 1 2017 STARBURST REVIEW I N THE 2017 re-designed Starburst, which displays 169 of the world’s most significant emerging technologies, each with an addressable market value of over $500 Billion spread across 11 categories, I expanded the timeline to 2035, promoted 38 new emerging technologies and demoted 38. 2017 lagged 2016 for technology world firsts which, but it has to be said that many of those world firsts were Artificial Intelligence (AI) related. Despite this though unlike 2016 the world firsts I witnessed in 2017 were spread across a much broader range of themes including Advanced Manufacturing, AI, Computing, Creative Machines, Food Manufacturing, Holography, Nano-Medicine, Quantum technology, Robotics, and Synthetic Biology. 2017’s stand out world firsts included: A biological teleporter • An AI created by another AI • An AI run autonomous organisation • Brain controlled drug delivery Nanobots • Designer babies • First human in vivo cancer vaccines and gene editing trials • First inter-continental Quantum network • First self-evolving self-fabricating robots • Self-coding and self-learning AI’s • The creation of a six DNA base pair alien life form. 2017 was also the year we saw the first architectures, and prototypes, for the first Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) agent, a serious Blockchain competitor, and the emergence of the first viable DNA, Chemical, Liquid, and Photonic computing platforms. And I am just getting started! 2017 to 2035 TIMELINE: 59311institute.com CLICK OR SCAN TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE A3 STARBURST POSTERNext >