Forbes magazine recently published a McKinsey & Co’s list of the top 12 new technology trends they feel are shaping our world at the moment. It’s a really good list, and aligns closely to our own research and views.
You can read their list at their website here, together with short descriptions of each trend, and links to further information. For reference, here are their twelve trends:

  1. Energy storage
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  3. Advanced materials, nanotechnology
  4. Autonomous vehicles
  5. Renewable energy
  6. Advanced robotics
  7. 3d Printing
  8. Mobile internet
  9. Automation of knowledge work
  10. Internet of things
  11. Cloud technology
  12. Advanced oil and gas exploration and recovery

You read more of McKinsey’s insights in their book, No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends, written by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel.