The Global Technology Revolution 2020, In-Depth Analyses

Various technologies—including biotechnology, nanotechnology (broadly defined), materials technology, and information technology—have the potential for significant and dominant global impacts by 2020. This report is based on a set of foresights (not predictions or forecasts)1 into global technology trends in the abovementioned areas and their implications for the world in the year 2020. These foresights were complemented by analysis of data on current and projected S&T capabilities, drivers, and barriers in countries across the globe.