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From Redirect to Stub

I've created a new article devoted to this, as the redirect to "Emergence" was unhelpful. My first cut of the article needs a lot of expansion and qualification, but I think I've made a reasonable start in laying out the issues. Metamagician3000 12:26, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dig it. Perhaps this should be a series, web portal, etc.? Wikipedia has lots of articles on these subjects. Mathiastck 20:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a good suggestion that I would support. --Loremaster 00:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New section

There needs to be an entire new section on how emerging technologies effects the commercial market. I'm not sure where this belongs. But I state why I found this page.

Blue lasers capable of reading at higher data compression where developed, and then as a result the media market shifts from dvd to blue ray. Record to tape, VHS to DVD. Ships and Railways to Airplanes. I mean really important stuff. Where to put it all.--Sparkygravity (talk) 14:08, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... Not a bad idea. However, that section should not be written a way that it makes it looks like an advertisement for a particular product. --Loremaster (talk) 16:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There should be a section on affects of the new technology on daily lives of families. I started to add some information. i think it goes great with this subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chakamull (talk • contribs) 00:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Examples

I saw that my integration into this article of examples from List of emerging technologies was removed. I agree that it was unsourced, but I still think there should be examples in the article. Perhaps not all the examples deserves a place, but let's at least take some of them - Nanomaterials, for example, is obviously going to show new technologies in the near future. Mikael Häggström (talk) 07:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid violating Wikipedia's No Original Research policy, find reputable books and websites that do a survey of emerging technologies and cite them as sources. --Loremaster (talk) 07:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peculiar self-cite

Removed from end of lede.

cite: Emerging technologies. (2010, January 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:04, January 7, 2010, from http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Emerging_technologies&oldid=336053869

MaxEnt (talk) 15:52, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Affects of Emerging Technology on Families Daily Lives

With the emerging technology advancing at such a great rate it has made it a lot easier to communicate with friends and families. IPhones and Smart Phones let you update Fackbook and MySpace from just about anywhere. You can also read e-mails and respond to them quickly. The online community is also expanding to where you can go online and play games with your frinds and family. With X-Box, Playstaion 3, and the WII you can play games and talk to your frineds and family as you are playing.

In some aspects these are great things for families. A parent can call there child at anytime to find out what they are doing, or where they are at. A person with a flat tire can call a friend to stay on the phone with them until help arrives, if they can't change it themselves. Parens can also track there kids spending habits with on-line banking right from there cell phones or computers. There are many great things that new technology has helped families keep better in touch with each other with. GPS in vehicles helps families get to there destination faster and safer. The internet helps kids with homework projects. These are just a few of the ways that technology has helped families in there daily lives. Chakamull (talk) 00:35, 13 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chakamull (talk • contribs) 00:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted your edits of the Emerging technologies article. Unless you wrote was based on a reliable source, it is original research with a biased point of view. Please read the Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Verifiability policy pages before editing the article again. --Loremaster (talk) 00:50, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar/Style

IMHO, the grammar and sentence flow in this article are bad and need serious work. Too many sentence mistakes are jarring and detract from the info you are presenting. Please, at least use a grammar check before posing major edits.

"In the history of technology, emerging technologies, the character of which comprise cutting-edge developments, represent contemporary advances and innovation around the 21st century in various fields of technology." <--- This sentence is wrong and hard to read. I changed it, but see what you think of the new one.

I can help a little bit, but I am not able to do all of it. Please, can someone with a little more rewording skill than I help this article?

For a better definition

The Long Journey From Nanotechnology To Emerging Technologies --Loremaster (talk) 23:50, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article should be renamed to the singular "Emerging technology"

The appropriate name for the article is "Emerging technology", per WP:Singular. Examples of adjectival titles using the singular are Developing country, Graphic novel, Primary school, and Natural science. The Transhumanist 23:49, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@The Transhumanist It's also jarring given hypothetical technology. They should be synced. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 16:33, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New tech - Vitro meat

Can anyone assist in finding a source for In vitro meat is also an ethical issue. Some argue that it is less objectionable than traditionally obtained meat because it doesn't involve killing and reduces the risk of animal cruelty, while others disagree with eating meat that has not developed naturally.^{[citation needed]} ? Complete turing (talk) 14:59, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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VR

Suggest Virtual Reality be an emerging technology.(Unless already emerged). It has already seen use of the first equipment and technology but possibly there would be more developments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kan-Rup (talk • contribs) 21:37, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

   Late to the reply, but VR is already an emerged commercially available technology at many retailers provided worldwide, with many large media companies such as gaming companies Microsoft or Sony, have already adopted the use of VR by developing further media for their proprietor hardware. At this point the technology has entered wide-scale adoption enough to no longer be emerging but commercial. Although adoption isn't as large as many other technological industries and the potential exists, at this point the problem is more related to desire of using the technology rather than being limited by platform hardware. Further research is needed but doesn't look like it suits this article. <ref>https://www.zdnet.com/article/ar-and-vr-now-have-a-chance-to-show-what-they-can-do-but-they-still-cant-break-through/<ref> SumeetJi (talk) 05:49, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

psychotechnology

no mention of what this is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stjohn1970 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @stjohn1970 I've removed reference to psychotechnology as doing own research I wasn't able to find enough conclusive evidence either to note this as a reference in an article regarding Emerging Technology. SumeetJi (talk) 05:52, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Computer

Emergung technology in theri choice 119.153.168.158 (talk) 07:40, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge from Hypothetical technology

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

To not merge, on the grounds that the topics are semantically distinct and warrant separate discussion. Klbrain (talk) 16:49, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Google Scholar querry suggests emerging technologies term is much more common than hypothetical technologies (by 100:1). The topics seem identical. One could quibble hypothetical is ever less "here" then emerging, but that's semantics that I am having trouble backing up with reliable sources. In either case, everything discussed there is emerging (AIs, mind uploading, space exploration stuff). In particular, both articles have sections on AI There is also a problem with definition which goes against ht article stating "Hypothetical technology is technology that does not exist yet, but that could exist in the future". Finally, the term "hypothetical technology" seems possibly ORish and/or failing WP:GNG. Oh, there also is a List of hypothetical technologies which should be merged to List of emerging technologies. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 16:30, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

These should be kept separate. There is a clear semantic difference that only needs a dictionary to soure. "Hypothetical" is technology that does not exist (and may never exist) or only exists on paper. "Emerging" is technology that is at least proven in principle but has not become mainstream. Even if these were merged, separate sections would need to be maintained for both imo. I completely disagree with your claim that everything in the "Hypothetical technology" is emerging. Teleportation cannot possibly be described as emerging. Mind uploading is not emerging; the reality is that no one has any real idea how to do it. Even the "space exploration stuff", with the exception of the light sail, is nowhere near being a reality. Certainly, any form of FTL travel is entirely speculative. SpinningSpark 18:27, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep them separate. "Hypothetical" means it's an idea only, not yet developed to at least the prototype stage, and therefore not emerging. It's still just a twinkle in somebody's eye. A dream not yet made real. Dyson spheres are a good example. None have been built -- that we know of, anyways. Therefore, they are not an emerging technology. — The Transhumanist 05:55, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Conceptual issue: what to do with emerged techs?

Once a tech becomes emerged (and how to determine that) should it be removed from this article? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 16:34, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would say no. But we should record when and how the technology became mainstream. Part of Wikipedia's mission is as a historical record. There is far too much deleting instead of updating when things change. That's a WP:RECENTISM attitude which is not what an encyclopaedia is all about. SpinningSpark 18:03, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Multi-use rockets

The multi-use rockets section is a eulogy to Elon Musk's Space X. An important development, but reusability is not limited to Musk. The Space Shuttle was reusable (but not the main fuel tank). Virgin Galactic spacecraft are fully reusable. SpinningSpark 17:27, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have to agree here. The paragraph incorrectly attributes multi-use rockets to Musk. The statement "is believed to be one of the most important factors for the future of space travel" is unsubstantiated and is a self-promotional narrative of Elon Musk. Isecscribe (talk) 14:09, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]