Future technology heralded its arrival with the pandemic in 2020, which brought with it many changes and growth in business technology. The impact of this technology on the business world forced the implementation of new, more digitized ways of working, such as smart working and online tools for process automation.
Thanks to this advance, it is impossible to deny the importance of new technologies in companies to facilitate remote work and all the other challenges that lie ahead.
A survey by the Chilean Metropolitan Labor Observatory indicated that various work areas are increasingly incorporating teleworking, such as the electricity and gas supply sector, which already has 56.7% of its personnel with hybrid work. This is followed by 46.7% from the IT and communications sector and 42.4% from the financial and insurance sector, which undoubtedly gives rise to improving the future of technology.
Importance of technology in the future
The importance of technology in the future lies not only in the commitment of all stakeholders but also in the investment that companies make in it, which will be a constant benefit to face any future scenario; Now it’s about always being ready.
From now on, technology will be a priority. Its use is essential to help companies develop continuously since it opens possibilities for better channels of communication, collaboration, and knowledge exchange.
Predictions for the future of technology say that the ‘peak’ of more than a decade of technological advances will occur when the pandemic ends. Today we are seeing unprecedented creations thanks to the great demand for digitization, which has produced an increase in “tech” companies, which have so far delivered various successful solutions.
In this sense, the role of technology in the future will bring benefits such as the following:
- Sophisticated, user-friendly technology: Every customer wants their product or service to work well, so future technology should be built around that, using user-friendly interfaces that meet their needs and expectations.
- Logistic immediacy: Due to automation and digitization, the logistics process chain will become more fluid and economical thanks to the empowerment of dimensions such as big data, 3D printing, and visibility of processes in real time.
Access to education: The power of access to educational centers to technology will be greater. Technology in the future will allow rural or hard-to-enter places to overcome the digital divide that currently exists.
What will technology be like in the future?
As we already mentioned, the empowerment of technology in the future is developing at an accelerated pace and some of those that are being developed today are:
- Virtual reality: Today everything is about living new experiences, especially if it is within the digital world. The invention of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality brings opportunities for companies to provide customers with multi-experiences through products or services.
- 5G: It is the so-called “fifth generation of mobile networks” that will increase the connectivity of people and industries, being an advance in the technology of the future since it brings with it a higher speed of data transmission, increased cyber security, energy efficiency of devices, among other features.
Edge computing: This technology of the future will have an impact on the ” Internet of Things ” (IoT) since it will allow the data collected from users to be analyzed locally without having to outsource it or upload it to the “cloud”.
The Metaverse is the main technology of the future
The metaverse is a virtual world where physical reality and digital reality come together and create a space for multiple opportunities that could not necessarily occur in the real world, such as the possibility of “going” to the office within the metaverse without having to mobilize. This in turn provides possibilities for social and economic interaction, allowing companies to play a leading role.
Today, large companies such as Facebook (now called Meta), Nike, and Adidas, among others, are already getting involved with this new world through the sale of NFTs (Not Fungible Tokens). This opens up great possibilities to generate a space for work and collaboration between different industries.
For the logistics area, future technologies from the metaverse will provide possibilities to work on a large scale to test the machinery or tools before their use in the real world. There is a system called “digital twins”, which will make it easier to detect possible failures and make improvements before the sale of the product.
But how will companies use this technology in the future? Even though it is just being developed, an important aspect is that solutions are currently being built in the metaverse that are decentralized, so everyone has the same opportunities to participate and companies will be able to access it with complete freedom.
Examples of technology in the future
The above are just a few examples of the technology of the future since there are many more that will improve those that already exist. Next, some examples and technological advances that are being developed in the field of logistics will be explored.
Robotic warehouses as technologies of the future
In 2025, it is predicted that in Europe the human workforce will be 53%, with the rest of the percentage being replaced by robotization.
For its part, the total cost of a logistics robot will be approximately 119,000 dollars, which will result in a reduction between 20 and 40% in daily tasks in a logistics center, such as handling.
Technologies in the future of Green logistics
Another example of future technology is green logistics, a concept that has grown in the logistics sector in recent years. The concern to promote this type of initiative arises because the transport sector is responsible for 10% of CO2 emissions worldwide. Among the initiatives, the following can be highlighted:
- Ecological or autonomous vehicles (without a driver), as well as the increase in bicycle deliveries and collections.
- Urban MiniHubs: small warehouses or distribution centers in the center of cities, which are used to deposit the products that will be delivered in a relatively close area.
- Backhaul: it is a technique that will be further developed with technology in the future and means “return trip”, that is, preventing the transport fleet from returning empty and without cargo to the place of origin. This brings benefits such as saving money, fuel, and reduced pollution.
The technology in the future doesn’t just reach here. Technological projects are born every day that will help businesses progress, such as the application of artificial intelligence through machine learning. On the other hand, the pandemic produced great impacts on science and technology that, in turn, will also help future situations like the one that is being experienced now.
