{"id":42065,"date":"2023-10-20T15:18:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/global-tech-trends-where-the-startup-magic-is-likely-to-happen-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:29","slug":"global-tech-trends-where-the-startup-magic-is-likely-to-happen-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/global-tech-trends-where-the-startup-magic-is-likely-to-happen-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Global tech trends: Where the startup \u201cmagic\u201d is likely to happen – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Melbourne startup is aiming to empower other early-stage companies by showing them where they sit in relation to major global technology trends.<\/p>\n
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Future Crunch co-founder and political economist Dr Angus Hervey says the main purpose is to show other startups what\u2019s possible with technology.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur main activity is we speak to startups, businesses and schools about the possibilities out there,\u201d Hervey tells StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe provide critical, optimistic macro-trend analysis to get them thinking about the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Hervey says Future Crunch began as a think-tank to share news and stories based on science and technology that would encourage people to think about solutions for humanity.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re not a traditional startup with a product to scale and make money, but it\u2019s a passion project to form a community of like-minded people,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
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Hervey says we\u2019ve seen incredible science and technological breakthroughs lately which present a wealth of opportunity and ideas for new startups and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n
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If you\u2019re stuck for an idea, here are Future Crunch\u2019s top tech developments to get excited about.<\/p>\n
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New hardware movement<\/b><\/p>\n
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Hervey says new hardware inventions like 3D printing are democratising technology by making our physical environment more accessible.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re building a world where you can scan any object and create it yourself,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
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He predicts this will be as revolutionary as the mobile phone.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s linked to the internet of things where the physical world comes together with the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n
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DNA editing<\/b><\/p>\n
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Hervey says biotech advances in DNA editing over the past 12 years have brought science fiction to life.<\/p>\n
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He says CRISPR, a new genome editing tool, could be the most important invention of the 21st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a cut and paste tool that lets you swap out any piece of DNA in our code,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dr Hervey says biotech advances like this have helped stop AIDS, cured a girl from leukemia, altered crop genes and even genetically modified a human embryo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re on the cusp of an age where you can change any genetic code in any living thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Climate change<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Hervey says international consensus on climate change will mean major global changes within a decade.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cLast December, 200 global leaders decided that by 2050, we need to get to a zero carbon economy,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hervey says this means that fossil fuel corporations are now on the wrong side of history and the transition to renewable energy is no longer in doubt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s amazing that we will actually see this change in our lifetimes,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Predictions for 2016<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n As many have predicted, Hervey agrees this will be the year for virtual reality consumer electronics.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, he doesn\u2019t believe this will be as big as smartphones.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He expects major announcements in the driverless car space.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTesla electronics are able to drive autonomously 90% of the time thanks to software updates,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He also predicts an increase in the internet of things but Hervey encourages more creative thinking by inventors in this market.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe problem most companies are having are they are using technology from the past and trying to update that for the future,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instead, Hervey encourages developers to create \u201cmagic\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He points to an example of an umbrella with a handle linked to a weather app that makes it turn blue before it starts raining.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like a sword from Lord of the Rings<\/i>, it seems like an enchanted object and that\u2019s the kind of thinking we need,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m hoping we will see the first killer app for the internet of things this year.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Australia<\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Following the Turnbull statement, Hervey believes there will be an explosion of startup activity that will be celebrated by the media.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be the breakthrough year for entrepreneurs in Australia,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThis a great time to start up something and get investment.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Follow<\/i> StartupSmart on<\/i> Facebook<\/i>,<\/i> Twitter<\/i>, and<\/i> LinkedIn<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Melbourne startup is aiming to empower other early-stage companies by showing them where they sit in relation to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}