The Conversation (0)
Top Tech 2022: A Special Report
Preview two dozen exciting technical developments that are in the pipeline for the coming year
03 Jan 2022
1 min read
NASA’s Space Launch System will carry Orion to the moon.
Frank Michaux/NASA
At the start of each year, IEEE Spectrum attempts to predict the future. It can be tricky, but we do our best, filling the January issue with a couple of dozen reports, short and long, about developments the editors expect to make news in the coming year.
This isn’t hard to do when the project has been in the works for a long time and is progressing on schedule—the coming first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, for example. For other stories, we must go farther out on a limb. A case in point: the description of a hardware wallet for Bitcoin that the company formerly known as Square (which recently changed its name to Block) is developing but won’t officially comment on. One thing we can predict with confidence, though, is that Spectrum readers, familiar with the vicissitudes of technical development work, will understand if some of these projects don’t, in fact, pan out. That’s still okay.
Engineering, like life, is as much about the journey as the destination.
See all stories from our Top Tech 2022 Special Report âžž
From Your Site Articles
- January 2022 - IEEE Spectrum ›
- Top Tech 2022 - IEEE Spectrum ›
- 12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022 - IEEE ... ›
- Tech Leaders on 5G, Robots, and the Future of Work - IEEE Spectrum ›
- Special Report: Top Tech 2021 - IEEE Spectrum ›
- How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts - IEEE Spectrum ›
- The Top 10 Robotics Stories of 2022 - IEEE Spectrum ›
- Electronic Warfare, Hackable 5G Networks, and Cell Towers on the Moon ›
- Forecasting Tomorrow’s Technology Today - IEEE Spectrum ›
- To Look Forward, Sometimes You Have to Look Back - IEEE Spectrum ›
- Quiz: What Happened to Previous Top Tech Predictions? - IEEE Spectrum ›
Related Articles Around the Web
