Emerging Technologies

Emerging Technologies

Emerging technologies are new technologies that are still developing or will be developed over the next five to ten years. These technologies will substantially alter the business and social environment (Business Dictionary). The three technologies that I believe to have the largest impact over the next 10 to 20 years include driverless cars, artificial uterus, and 3D printing.

Driverless cars have been highly talked about for quite some time. It is only a matter of years before it comes into effect. Due to a large number of fatalities and motor accidents, driverless cars could remove the human error element (Yutree). Autonomous vehicle technology is said to still be developing, but so far, the following elements are being incorporated: Autonomous Emergency Braking, Lane departure warning systems, active cruise control, and automated parking. Although insurance premiums may arise, liability will decrease and could transfer from the human to the manufacturer. With having a driverless car, accidents could now be cause by design mistakes, network outages, road maintenance, and cyber-attack, just to name a few.

In order to successfully implement this new technology, the driving laws would need to be rewritten. When it comes to an accident, the question still remains, who will pay? If the owner of the vehicle is not driving, should they be held responsible? This will need to be decided by the insurance companies. Although there has been great progress, there are still issues at hand that have to be determined before the driverless car hits the market.

Many women today have complications giving birth due to several reasons. Currently, technology is in the process of creating an artificial uterus to help gestate embryos to birth. The concept is that a woman’s cells can be used to create an external uterus identical in DNA. (WordPress). An embryo is then implanted in the uterus to grow as it normally would. With this new technology, more women...