Booming Technologies

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 Booming Technologies


Technology is the lifeblood of our existence. Without it, we cannot comprehend our daily activities which are intertwined with the world around us. Connectivity is the purpose; technology is the fuel that fulfills that purpose. The evolution of technology has given us variation in inventions. From innovation in agriculture to gunpowder, from locomotives to AI, technology has truly evolved. However, technology today is a step ahead of connectivity and is moving ahead to enable automation and artificial intelligence. . Why do things that can be done by others? Given below are some of the technologies under development and are likely to have a huge impact on the world (not in the order of rankings).


  1. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI refers to enabling machines to think and mimic like humans. They are programmed to simulate human intelligence and exhibit traits such as problem-solving. In 1995, AI came into being as an academic discipline. AI was based on the assumption that humans can be so precisely understood that they can be imitated. Naturally, questions were raised on the ethics and morality of the subject. A different school of thought exist, some believe if unchecked, humanity could be in danger or creation of mass employment.


The 21st century has accepted that AI is here to stay due to more understanding of its working and is a standard practice in industries across the globe.

Categorizing AI

  1. Weak AI- Video games and personal assistants such as Alexa are some examples. These are systems that perform a particular task.

  2. Strong AI- Complex and complicated system which handles situations requiring problem-solving, reasoning, judgment, learning, and communication. A self-driving car is an example of strong AI


  1. Big Data


    It refers to the complex hosts of data that are available digitally and the systematic analysis of those massive volumes of data into something meaningful. A major characteristic of Big Data is its size and the rate at which it increases. Social Media is one such example. They collect raw data in the form of posts, likes, comments, pictures, etc.

The benefits of Big data includes decision making, customer service, identification of risks, upcoming trends. A variety of data are stored at any given point of time, these data collected are essentially what we like or dislike captures market sentiments and help businesses make the faster decision and provide solutions to queries circling digitally. Identifying risks and predicting trends can be done by studying hidden patterns by isolating the necessary from the unnecessary data. 



  1. Blockchain

Blockchain is a means of keeping the transaction record. A decentralized system of many computers to create a distributed or shared ledger. Instead of a central entity that records all transactions, a shared network of computers creates a chain that records any transaction taking place. This way, the fallibility of human beings like corruption and hacking can be handled. 

Blocks store information about transactions like the date, time, and amount of any transaction. The transacting participants are recorded in his/her unique digital signature. Each block is distinguishable by a code called a hash. Blocks are unalterable, transparent and users are accountable for their actions.



  1. Machine Learning

Machine Learning is a subset of Artificial Intelligence. Machine learning is a system that provides the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience. The key element here, getting rid of explicit command by humans. The word Machine Learning has been thrown around a lot and rightly so. It is being used in many ways such as Amazon/Netflix/YouTube recommendations. The stock market, the Real estate also incorporates machine learning to predict market sentiments and happenings. Web search engines have machine learning employed to learn a complex algorithm to rank pages and sites. Gmail has a spam classifier (a machine learning application) to identify spam and moving them to the spam folder). Machine learning is different from AI. AI works to increase success while Machine learning aims for accuracy. Machine Learning’s goal is to learn from data and AI is decision-making oriented. 


  1. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)


Virtual Reality is an environment being simulated using technology. Users are immersed inside an experience being able to interact with a 3D world. It tries to simulate all senses of a human being's barring taste. Steven Spielberg’s movie Ready Player One is based on a journey to virtual reality. Augmented Reality is the use of technology to create an interactive environment in the real world. It enhances the real world with computer-generated objects and visuals. Pokémon Go is one such example of AR.

VR replaces the reality whereas AR adds to the reality. AR enhances the way we see our surroundings making the environment livelier, information can be easily accessed. It has allowed the processing of digital and physical simultaneously. We can literally use our surroundings to augment and learn on it, from it.




These are the booming technologies that are expected to have major breakthroughs in the coming years of technological advancement.




Article by: Siddhartha Narzary
Edited by:  Aastha Soni

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