Technology List
Explorer is a dynamic service. We add and remove technologies to reflect their changing importance and impact on the research and business environments. In our monthly Viewpoints, we tell our clients about developments that we think are commercially significant. We update the Technology Maps to reflect change.
Currently Monitored Technologies
- 3D Printing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Big Data
- Biocatalysis
- Biomaterials
- Biopolymers
- Biosensors
- Collaboration Tools
- Connected Cars
- Connected Homes
- Electronic Displays
- Energy Storage
- Engineering Polymers
- Fuel Cells
- Human Augmentation
- Internet of Things (New Area!)
- Membrane Separation
- MEMS/Micromachining
- Mobile Communications
- Nanobiotechnology
- Nanoelectronics
- Nanomaterials
- Novel Ceramic/Metallic Materials
- Organic Electronics
- Photovoltaics
- Polymer-Matrix Composites
- Portable Electronic Devices
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Robotics
- Smart Materials
- Solid-State Microsensors
- User Interfaces
Discontinued Technologies
Explorer adds and removes technology areas according to both clients' interest and the commercial status of technologies. Discontinued technologies are areas that the Explorer service once covered but whose importance and impact on the business environment have changed such that they no longer lend themselves to Explorer coverage as stand-alone topics. Explorer analysts continue to watch these subjects to identify any new opportunities or technology developments that might arise, and they report any such developments in other related Explorer technology areas.
Explorer offers 30-day Web access to the publications archives of these technologies. If you would like access to these documents, please contact us to discuss pricing and details.
| Discontinued Technology Area | Date of Last Publication |
|---|---|
* Explorer no longer covers Nanotechnology as a single area, but split it into three more focused areas: Nanobiotechnology, Nanoelectronics, and Nanomaterials. |
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| Advanced Silicon Microelectronics/ULSI | June 2009 |
| Diamond Thin Films | December 2003/January 2004 |
| Fiber-Optic Communications | December 2003/January 2004 |
| Fiber-Optic Sensors | May 2007 |
| Genomics | June 2009 |
| High-Definition Imaging Systems | November 2001 |
| High-Performance Computing | July 2002 |
| Internet Commerce | November 2006 |
| Machine-Vision Systems | November 2001 |
| Nanotechnology* | August 2004 |
| Neural Networks | October 2004 |
| Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation | December 2000/January 2001 |
| Optoelectronics/Photonics | November 2015 |
| Rapid Prototyping | July 2002 |
| Speech Interfaces | October 2004 |
| Storage Technologies | October 2004 |
| Structural Adhesives | November 2004 |
| Virtual Worlds | July 2014 |
| Web Services | November 2006 |
