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One Year Later: Ambient Intelligence

One year ago, in June 2025, I published Megatrend #2: Ambient Intelligence as part of my 30 Megatrends series.

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Recorded 2026-08-06. One year ago, in June 2025, I published Megatrend #2: Ambient Intelligence as part of my 30 Megatrends series.

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Megatrends One Year Later – #2: Ambient Intelligence – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening (2026-08-06)

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TrendsAmbient IntelligenceComputing is becoming less visible as intelligence moves into the environments, devices and objects around us.IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.IndustriesRetail & ConsumerRetail is shifting from moving inventory to orchestrating attention, experience, prediction and fulfillment across physical and digital worlds.IndustriesHealthcare, Pharma & Life SciencesHealthcare is moving from episodic treatment toward continuous prediction, personalization and accelerated biological discovery.IndustriesConstruction & Real EstateThe built environment is becoming intelligent: designed in software, built with increasing automation and operated as a connected, energy-aware system.IndustriesConsumer Products & PackagingConsumer products are entering a world of shorter attention, faster product cycles, intelligent packaging, personalization and increasingly circular material systems.DomainsAI & Machine IntelligenceArtificial intelligence, machine learning, generative systems and autonomous agents that increasingly perform cognitive work.DomainsComputing & DataThe computing, data and digital infrastructure that makes new forms of intelligence, simulation and automation possible.DomainsConnectivity & Digital ExperiencePervasive connectivity, immersive interfaces and the blending of physical and digital experiences.

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ARTICLE · Wed Aug 05Megatrends One Year Later – #2: Ambient Intelligence – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
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Publish Date2026-08-06
Updated Date2026-09-18
Observed Date2026-08-06
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