Technology today & tomorrow –Influencing and shaping our Daily Lives

Lynne McLauchlan
4 min readMay 7, 2020

The driver behind technology and how it is affecting our lives

5G delivery speeds will see exponential growth in technology, so just how is technology shaping our lives?

Re-designing the web, this is THE social revolution.

Technology is designed for the global audience, connectivity speed, the ease and the convenience of undertaking tasks, gathering or disseminating information from anywhere at any time.

Technology is defining how we communicate, transact business, perform healthcare, improve education, socialise and entertain ourselves.

Technology is influencing and shaping all aspects of our lives, incrementally as technology is released, it helps us in some shape or form, and influences us on how we think, react, integrate and learn. We are, and will become, more and more reliant on AI.

This is “Technology today & tomorrow — Influencing and shaping our Daily Lives”

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A global connection

Internet Distribution Users in the World

In December 2018, the 50/50 moment was reached. Over half the world’s population is connected to the web.

Faster speeds revolutionise our ability to communicate, transact business, perform healthcare, and improve education, e-commerce, entertain and socialise.

Internet Distribution

Over 53% of web connectivity is done through the mobile phone

Over 53% of web connectivity is done through the mobile phone. With so much reliance on instant access to products and services, how we go about our daily living, from ordering a coffee, shopping on-line, banking, researching, searching, gaming, communicating; means that our mobile phones are never far from our reach.

Wind back 5 years ago, cloud computing was just being introduced. For most of us it was a little “cloudy” and fearful. Fast forward to today, main stream cloud storage is revolutionising the web, unshackled us from reliance on desktop computers, and enabled greater access for users to obtain and store large files, data, and images.

53%+ web connectivity through the mobile phone

Share of Web Traffic by Device

Devices are lighter, small, and smarter. Design influences consumer functionality. Functionality creates dependence and influences lifestyle decisions. Access to information, processes and systems, entertainment and socialising, is instantaneous and in real time.

Wind back a couple of years, to the introduction of wearable’s assisting people to monitor their health.

Apps have evolved from gaming to become more sophisticated enabling audiences to gain access to more specific help, use and knowledge for specific purposes, and is now widely in use by mainstream business and Governments.

Share of Web Traffic by Device

Web Connections through Voice Commands & How we are searching for Information

Connecting to the web will become simpler, and AI will become more intuitive and interactive. Voice commands will become the key to web interactions

Visual interactions allow audiences to absorb information, relate to experiences, understand and give credibility to a story, after all “seeing is believing”. Visual referencing will help audiences to feel the experience, understand, or solve a problem.

Environmental stimulus will trigger emotional reactions. Seeing others will enable a connection socially and help to validate sources of information.

How we search for information

E-commerce, Consumer Trends — Future Innovations

Technology and AI will embed its self into the way business transactions are undertaken. On-line shopping will have wider choices and customers will be able to have experiences, similar to those of in-store personalised interactions.

Society and the future. Imagination, innovation and creativity — new technologies will influence Society, and shape the way we interact. Technology is advancing with speed and bandwidth, a globally connected community, smart technology, voice and video. Technology sets consumer trends, as evidenced from the evolution of trends over the past years. Innovative thinking’s and imagination turn the impossible to possible. Future technology can, with moral and ethical intent, improve the world for generations to come.

Technology of the future

Is the future exciting or fearful?

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Lynne McLauchlan

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