Gartner has a recent update to their research of hype cycles that takes into account disruption caused by the Covid pandemic.
Five emerging trends have been identified:
- Social Distancing Technologies
- Composable Enterprise
- AI-Assisted Design
- Differential Privacy
- Biodegradable Sensors
Social distancing technologies, related to the COVID-19 pandemic, are taking the fast track through the Hype Cycle and have high impact. Technologies rarely enter the Hype Cycle at the point where social distancing technologies has entered it
Wearable devices provide more reliable performance than smartphone apps because smartphones’ transmit and receive capabilities vary considerably across types of device. Using defined, known wristbands or lanyard devices eliminate the variances.
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