Robots, Drone Pizza Delivery and Routine Space Flight 1003 0 Kommentare Britons Predict the Technologies to Change our Lives By 2036 to Mark Launch of London Technology Week

LONDON, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

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Robots will outnumber human beings, there will be more driverless cars than traditional vehicles and drones will be used to deliver pizzas to our door. These are just some of the technologies that could transform our lives within the next 20 years according to research released to mark the start of London Technology Week 2016 ^[¹^].

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The findings highlight healthcare as a key industry set for change with Britons predicting that they will no longer visit the doctor when they get ill but will instead consult their GP from home using virtual reality technology. A large number of people also believe that 3D printers will be used to produce human organs, potentially removing the need for human donation, while just under half of those surveyed think the world's first cloned human will have been born by 2036^[¹^].

The survey, which was commissioned by London & Partners, the Mayor of London's promotional company, is inspired by a series of predictions put forward by Imperial College London's Tech Foresight research team and reveals the technologies consumers think will disrupt traditional industries and drive forward the growth of London's tech sector.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: "London Technology Week shines a light on this hugely important sector of the economy and demonstrates how our city is open to trade, ideas and people from across the globe. Tech-savvy Londoners welcome new digital advances that are going to revolutionise the way that we live and it is crucial that we harness those ideas to help the capital work even better as a city. As someone who has helped to run a successful business, I look forward to supporting the tech sector so it goes from strength to strength over the coming years."

The study, which asked over 2000 people a series of questions about how they believed their lives would be transformed by technology also identified fashion as another industry ripe for change, with over half of Britons predicting that we will regularly wear clothing connected to the internet within the next twenty years^[¹^].

Other findings from the SMG Insight/YouGov survey include:

37% of Brits think commercial space flights could take off from major airports
23% of Brits think the first artificial intelligence ('AI') machine could serve on the board of big companies
19% of Brits think avatar girlfriends and boyfriends could be commonplace
37% of Brits think communications devices will be embedded inside the human body

Professor David Gann, Vice President Innovation at Imperial College London said: "London's technologists, scientists, medics and entrepreneurs are creating the future. No city in the world enjoys London's quotient of talent, technology culture and capital. It is a potent combination.