IBM, the world-famous tech giant headquartered in the USA, has just made another forecast for the key innovations within the next 5 years. This time, 5 innovative categories are combined into a single one. They say the electronics will be able to learn. The humanity enters the era of cognitive systems. Where machines will be learning, analyzing, concluding, reasoning. This will definitely take the interaction of humans and machines (robots, electronic devices) to a whole new level.
Such tendencies start to be seen in today’s cloud technologies, data analysis and other fields. Later on, computers will become even smarter, analysing more comprehensive information and offering solutions before the problem even emerges.
Apparently, innovative technologies will help human beings to boost the efficiency of their activities and to spare some time for themselves since more tasks (especially routine jobs) will be performed and completed without their direct involvement.
In particular, innovations will be targeted to eliminate illiteracy and to enhance the level of education worldwide. Computers are expected to help in terms of resolving the problem.
The next thing is about the way we shop. Despite some tendencies, the experts are sure that the future belongs to online stores. Even though most people will be shopping in local stores and malls, retailers will change the way shopping is done. Online comments, comprehensive info about the goods and other valuable info will be available anywhere (including offline stores).
The next innovation concerns healthcare. Computers will continue changing the industry, making it more efficient and oriented towards individuals. New computing capacities will improve the quality of data analysis needed to diagnose and cure patients.
Meanwhile, IBM’s stock is consolidating after the downtrend seen for a while. At this point, it has recovered a bit. The chart below, courtesy of Masterforex-V Academy, reflects the current state of affairs in the market of IBM:
