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LEO an important technology for enterprises to revolutionise communications to people and things .
According to Gartner , LEO will deliver broadband with global coverage and low enough latency for a wide range of tasks ; direct satellite connection for small IoT devices to provide affordable global coverage without involving SIMs , telco providers and roaming complications ; and voice and data services from a satellite to an unmodified 4G smartphone to extend coverage to remote locations .
“ The industry remains nascent , with a lot of evolution expected , so take a cautious approach to adopting LEO early as this is an emergent technology in a complex market ,” said Jones .
2 . Tiny Ambient IoT
Tiny ambient IoT enables tagging , tracking and sensing of anything without the complexity or cost of battery-powered devices . The result is the ability to unobtrusively sense more information , about more things , in more ways at a lower cost than in the past .
This will enable new ecosystems ; new business models based on knowing the location or behaviour of objects ; smarter products with new behaviours and a much lower cost of tracking and monitoring . Tiny ambient IoT will expand opportunities for a wide range of businesses – but Gartner recommends assessing potential social and regulatory issues before adoption .
3 . Secure Computation
Secure computation is becoming vitally important as things become increasingly connected and as ecosystems access more personal information . It enables data to be exploited without compromising privacy .
All five of these technologies are potentially transformational and should be investigated now .
do not need to be human-like in all aspects ( e . g . a Digital Twin or chatbot ).
Despite their potential , digital humans pose many challenges , including unethical applications ; inappropriate behaviour ; creation of bias and stereotypes ; lack of regulation ; risk of social backlash ; varying cultural attitudes and more . Gartner recommends assessing potential social and regulatory issues before adoption .
5 . Adaptive Autonomic Drones and Robots
Autonomic systems are self-managing physical or software systems , performing tasks that exhibit autonomy , learning and agency ( sense of own personal purpose ). Systems that learn and adapt autonomously will be essential if technologies like robots are scaled to achieve their full potential .
However , a multitude of challenges exist as it may not be obvious what a robot or AI system has learned or what it can ( or cannot ) do . Gartner recommends piloting them in complex and rapidly changing environments , where early adoption will deliver agility and performance benefits . Manage risk by analysing the business , legal and ethical consequences . p
While many of the principles of secure computation are already established , implementation is challenging for reasons of cost , skills , performance and availability . To help overcome these , Gartner suggests emerging technologies such as optical accelerators will be important to enable deployment .
4 . Digital Humans
Digital humans are interactive , AI-driven representations that imitate some characteristics , personality , knowledge and mindset of a human . They range from physical ( e . g . humanoid robots ) to virtual ( e . g . virtual pop stars ); or human-driven ( e . g . mimicking aspects of a human ) to AI driven where they
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