Collectively, from our research, global experience of 17 years in the Intelligence and Risk monitoring/Tactical Security Solutions business, and writing this brief report looking forward for all countries, we see a future with converging, connected, and accelerating technology that will so increase choices for individuals and the ways we interact with technology, that the changes will affect our identity. The World Homeland Security Group Centres of Excellence (WHS COE) throughout India will certainly be focusing; researching, training and monitoring all aspects which can help India increase the speed and safety of these new 21st Century technologies. There will also be an increased global threat of terrorism which will require all of us to be more alert and helpful with real facts so that we can make efforts to help our communities. In the months ahead we at World Homeland Security Group (WHS Group/WHS COE) will be sharing security and safety tips with all the OPINION EXPRESS readers so that more peaceful actions can be taken by all of as we unite in making this and the next generation more peacefully just.
Five Technology Areas
Five technology areas will be maturing in many ways by 2025 that will increase their impacts unlike ever before. 1. Biotechnology. We will see significant advances in a wide range of areas from biomanufacturing and information processing to robotics and cognitive enhancement. The body will become its own laboratory, as we will harness the ability to generate medicines and necessary chemicals within our bodies. Possible obstacles to advances include the difficulty of obtaining funding for truly innovative work, and the regulatory environment. Future developments will also include the building of complex systems and the addition of biological parts to engineering and electronic devices. Biotechnologies such as algae, programmed cells, bio-catalytic systems, and enzymes will play a role in alternative fuels, and the manipulation of viruses and bacteria could pose a potential threat.
2. Cyber-based technology. The growth of low-cost, ubiquitous computing may shift the balance between the haves and have-nots, and will also empower developing countries, as we are already seeing with initiatives such as the “One Laptop per Child” program. As computers spread, communication will become extremely cheap and wireless networking will become ubiquitous. Computer capabilities have already escaped the confines of desktops, laptops, and servers. In parts of the developing world where computers are currently scarce, programming mobile phones is increasing, skipping generations of traditional wired and computing infrastructure. Across the globe, hundreds of computers chatting with themselves in a single automobile and with satellites for GPS is common today and will create more cyber noise in the future.
