Florette Williams

Ready-to-wear 3D Fashion

Continuum has created the first ready-to-

wear 3D printed nylon bikini. On their

website consumers can create a virtual

blueprint of their body and then customize

the fashions to suit their shape and size.

3D Print Today (2014) 3D Printer Trends in the Fashion

Industry. Retrieved from http://www.3d-

print.today/?categoryId=29888&itemId=55748

Digital Convergences Erodes Boundaries

Forbes (2013). Forrester: Top Technology Trends for 2014 And

Beyond. Retrieved from

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2013/11/25/forrester-top-

technology-trends-for-2014-and-beyond/

HD CCTV are UbiquitousThe vast majority of

cameras now record footage in high definition,

with some capable of gigapixel resolution. The

average UK person is filmed over 300 times each

day.

By 2016, there are 3.7 million HD cameras,

a 29-fold increase.

Future Timeline (2014) High-definition CCTV cameras

are ubiquitous. Retrieved from

http://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2016.htm#cc

tv

Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things is big and it will continue to grow along with user-oriented computing.

IDC predicts by 2016, smart systems will count for a third of the market for embedded processors, surpassing the growth of PCs and smartphones.

CloudTimes (2014). Gartner: Internet of Things will

Grow Exponentially to 26 Billion Devices by 2020.

Retrieved from http://cloudtimes.org/2013/12/20/gartner-

the-internet-of-things-will-grow-30-times-to-26-billion-by-

2020/

Multi-Cloud Management

Tools to manage deployments across multiple clouds emerged a while ago and will become big business as companies put all their eggs in one basket.

Infoworld (2014) 9 Key Enterprise Tech Trends for 2015

and beyond. Retrieved from

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2851469/cloud-

computing/9-enterprise-tech-trends-for-2015-and-

beyond.html

Wearable smart electronics will

Emerge as a $US10 Billion

Industry

Ali Rıza Babaoğlan (2014). Gartner’s

Technology Predictions for 2014, 2015 and

2016. Retrieved from

http://www.alibabaoglan.com/blog/gartners-

technology-predictions-2014-2015-2016/

Smart Machines more active in Human Endeavours

By year-end 2016, 50 percent of digital

transformation initiatives will be

unmanageable due to lack of portfolio

management skills.

Forbes (2014). Gartner's Top 10 Predictions. Retrieved

from

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gartnergroup/2014/10/08/ga

rtners-top-10-predictions/

Microservices Architecture

In Microservice architecture, web and mobile

application developers build applications from

services rather than writing everything from

scratch. The services are finer-grained.

Infoworld (2014) 9 Key Enterprise Tech Trends for 2015

and beyond. Retrieved from

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2851469/cloud-

computing/9-enterprise-tech-trends-for-2015-and-

beyond.html

Mobile Device is computer, but

computers will still be here

CMS Wire (2014) Top Technology Trends To Watch: 2014 To

2016 News & Analysis. Retrieved from

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/document-management/

3D Bioprinting to be

Banned

By 2016, 3D printing of

tissues and organs will

cause a global debate about

regulating the technology or banning it for both human and nonhuman use.

Advaiya Solutions (2014) 3D Printing kindles up a New

Industrial Age. Retrieved from

http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/perspect

ive/296223/3d-printing-kindles-industrial-

age?utm_source=referrence_article