The technologies that are going to change the world we live in

Do you think the world has achieved a lot of innovation in the last 15 years? I agree with you — it was actually a lot. But wait to see what’s coming in the near future. We’ve seen mobile phones change the speed of our life, how we interact with each other using the Internet, becoming overnight a YouTube sensation, our smartphones that have tons of features, Facebook that is building virtual life. All that has disrupted the way we used to live our lives. We now can’t imagine our lives without being always plugged in or having access to Internet from anywhere in the world. Other ideas that promise to alter our habits are beginning to take shape. Again.

Here you have 5 new technologies that I believe are going to take us out of our comfort zone:

1. Internet of Things (IoT)

There is nothing new about this new concept. Some of you probably use it already, but most of us will be controlling their homes and offices from our smartphones — heating, light and air conditioning. The equipment is already developed and sold by many companies and it will continue to improve so that we would control our power points from our smartphones. Apple is also on the way helping people with that. The company revealed that it will launch a special app called Home, that will be the central directory to control your house from your mobile.

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