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McKinsey Disruptive Technologies Report
McKinsey has a report on emerging disruptive technologies – of interest to readers here are renewable energy, energy storage, the internet of things and – 3D printing – Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy.
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy, a report from the McKinsey Global Institute, cuts through the noise and identifies 12 technologies that could drive truly massive economic transformations and disruptions in the coming years. The report also looks at exactly how these technologies could change our world, as well as their benefits and challenges, and offers guidelines to help leaders from businesses and other institutions respond.We estimate that, together, applications of the 12 technologies discussed in the report could have a potential economic impact between $14 trillion and $33 trillion a year in 2025. This estimate is neither predictive nor comprehensive. It is based on an in-depth analysis of key potential applications and the value they could create in a number of ways, including the consumer surplus that arises from better products, lower prices, a cleaner environment, and better health.
2 Comments on "McKinsey Disruptive Technologies Report"
BillT on Sun, 16th Jun 2013 3:31 pm
Techie dreams. So you can print plastics. that does not make a stove or washing machine. Or a car or bus. It makes toys and other junk we do not need.
The techie religion cannot accept that they are obsolete and only existed due to excess energy from cheap oil. Nothing else. And like oil, they are fading into history.
ian807 on Mon, 17th Jun 2013 5:34 pm
Actually, you’re wrong in this case. These printers are being modified to print metals and more exotic materials. The toys sold today print toys. Industrial printers will print industrial products. Development is coming along rapidly. There’s no theoretical reason you couldn’t print a car. 3D printing is where computer were in the early 80s.
Moreover, once there’s an infrastructure of such machines, manufacturing gets more energy efficient and materials efficient, giving us a lot of motivation to go in this direction.