Competence Centre on Foresight

Genetic engineering can be applied to modify nature. And wearable sensors and human enhancement by robotics for e.g. are being increasingly applied.

Our dependence on digital technologies is making us increasingly vulnerable.

The way that we travel from A to B is transforming.

Private companies and government space organisations are increasingly pursuing the opportunities in Space.

There are more and more virtual versions of real objects, systems, processes and even people.

Digital transformation of our Society and, in particular, the related datafication and hyper-connectivity paradigms are increasing the ability of “everything” being improved faster and faster. Key enabling...

There is a paradigm shift in computing to bring processing at the level of smart sensors, opening an opportunity for investments, regulatory frameworks, and standards. By 2023, data traffic could increase...

AI Watch. Defining Artificial Intelligence, JRC, 2020 AI Watch, European Commission - Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) and Directorate General for Communications...

Standardization is a key aspect to support the development of new technological enablers aligned with regulatory efforts The European High Level Group on Artificial Intelligence is drafting ethics guidelines...

Increasing synergies among synthetic biology, nanotechnology, 3D&4D printing, robotics, and the advent of AI, quantum computing, collective intelligence and yet to emerge technologies will make...