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Acceleration of Science & New Materials

Follow the trend involving the exponentiation of pure science, and we might soon be able to architect aircraft that are lighter than air - just like that of Wonder Woman's jet! That's where the fast emerging trend of new materials science might potentially lead us.

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Publish Date2019-01-14
Updated Date2026-09-18
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Originally published as 19 Trends for 2019: #9 Acceleration of Science & New Materials on January 14, 2019.

This record preserves item #9 in Jim Carroll’s 19 Trends For 2019 series as a structured historical trend in the futurist.info knowledge graph.

Follow the trend involving the exponentiation of pure science, and we might soon be able to architect aircraft that are lighter than air - just like that of Wonder Woman’s jet! That’s where the fast emerging trend of new materials science might potentially lead us.

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IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.IndustriesManufacturing & IndustrialManufacturing is becoming an intelligent, adaptive system in which software, robotics, materials science and data increasingly define physical production.IndustriesEconomic DevelopmentRegions increasingly compete on speed: the ability to align talent, infrastructure, energy, research and capital with industries that are themselves being reinvented.DomainsConnectivity & Digital ExperiencePervasive connectivity, immersive interfaces and the blending of physical and digital experiences.DomainsAdvanced MaterialsNew materials, nanotechnology and engineered substances that make products lighter, stronger, smarter and more adaptive.DomainsSpace & New FrontiersCommercial space, aerospace innovation and new economic activity made possible by lower-cost access to extreme environments.

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