Foreword

Today’s society is unrecognizable when compared with the one of ten years ago. It is a world where innovation brings changes that affect not only industries but the very foundations of people’s lives. This book, "TechTrends: Navigating the Frontier of Emerging Technologies", is a collection of ideas about these transformational technologies that should be useful to anyone interested in learning more about these technologies in order to embrace the future.

Such an environment brings the problem of growing difficulty in gaining relevant information as technology advances exponentially. However, it is critical for practitioners, legislators, scientists, and learners to understand the ways these innovations distort, enhance, or evolve their professions and global society. This book directly addresses that task by offering a brief overview of major technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Internet of Things, and others.

However, this is not what is evident in TechTrends, which is therefore free from these problems due to its clarity. All in all, the authors have well addressed the requirements for details and, at the same time, avoided excess depth which would have made numbers complex. By the end of this book, the reader is going to get theoretical as well as pragmatic perceptions and examples of how these advancements can be put to use in sectors of healthcare, education, and energy.

That being said, the exposure of expertise in this book is almost unbelievable. Several authors of the articles are from the business fields and academic circles and most of them have provided their valuable insights and ideas to the readers. These are the reasons it is safe to say that TechTrends is an invaluable resource when it comes to understanding today’s world, which is filled with emerging technologies and numerous opportunities.