Topic |
No. |
Top 10 |
UK-foresight
sector & sub sector |
Betydning |
Kate-
gori |
Development of improved genetic
engineering technologies to produce new industrial products in livestock (e.g.
pharmaceuticals in milk, vaccines in blood). |
6 |
2 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- agriculture |
U |
|
Increased quality and value of food,
feedstuffs and non-food products results from the elucidation of biosynthetic and
catalytic pathways of plants and animals. |
9 |
3 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- agriculture |
U |
|
Development of non-allergenic foods. |
7 |
4 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- agriculture |
U |
|
Better understanding of the immunology
and epidemiology of disease processes in animals (including zoonoses and exotic diseases)
provides more effective strategies for the maintenance of high health status. |
11 |
6 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- agriculture |
U |
|
Widespread public acceptance that the new
technology emerging from modern biology lead to significant wealth creation in UK. |
41 |
7 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- agriculture |
U |
|
50% of first world homes are connected by
optical fibre interconnections for two-way communication. |
44 |
4 |
Chemicals
- information and design systems |
U |
|
Widespread use of intelligent
self-medication devices which determine dose and timing. |
79 |
5 |
Chemicals
- healthcare and biotechnology |
U |
|
Practical use of biosensors for
continuous monitoring in medical/health applications which are durable for 3 years. |
59 |
9 |
Chemicals
- sensors and measurement |
U |
|
Complete merger and integration of
mobile, personal and fixed communication networks to provide a universal telephony service
to all users. |
42 |
1 |
Communications
- infrastructure |
U |
|
Widespread use in the developing
countries of radio call boxes for wireless public access. |
44 |
2 |
Communications
- infrastructure |
U |
|
More than 50% of the UK population have
personal telephone numbers that are portable and independent of network or geographical
location. |
43 |
3 |
Communications
- infrastructure |
U |
|
Practical use of mobile personal
communication terminals capable of providing multimedia services over radio networks. |
7 |
4 |
Communications
- access to network |
U |
|
Widespread use of on-line information and
software services for leisure activities, such as video-on-demand, news-on-demands and
hobbies. |
66 |
7 |
Communications
- services for business/consumers |
U |
|
Widespread demand from UK users for high
bandwidth real-time communications requires massive expansion in capacity of the public
network |
23 |
8 |
Communications
- infrastructure |
U |
|
More than 50% of domestic telephone users
in UK are also connected to mobile radio networks. |
36 |
9 |
Communications
- infrastructure |
U |
|
Widespread use of interactive multimedia
services and telesoftware to aid learning and make better use of specialist tutors in
virtual universities. |
69 |
10 |
Communications
- services for business/
consumers |
U |
|
Improved communications (infrastructure
and equipment) facilitate location-independent working for 40% plus of the UKs
working population. |
53 |
8 |
Construction
- quality of life |
U |
|
The number of criminal acts are reduced
by 40% through designing buildings and public spaces for enhanced security, and without
compromising civil liberties. |
67 |
10 |
Construction
- safety and security |
U |
|
Practical use of a pocket-sized
satellite/cellular terminal allowing users to access radio and TV, receive and transmit
data and voice, and provide position and route information by display on a screen map
anywhere in the world. |
28 |
1 |
Defence and aerospace
- space |
U |
|
Widespread use of large (>300 seats)
subsonic aircraft which are quiet enough to take off and land at night from airports in
populated areas. |
38 |
3 |
Defence and aerospace
- advanced passenger aircraft |
U |
|
Practical use of large transport aircraft
of 600-800 passengers with around half the manufacturing cost relative to current
practice. |
37 |
4 |
Defence and aerospace
- advanced passenger aircraft |
U |
|
Practical use of rotorcraft with safety
increased tenfold and operating costs halved compared to todays helicopters, having
improved passenger ride quality and reduced obtrusiveness to the general public. |
43 |
5 |
Defence and aerospace
- rotary wing aircraft |
U |
|
Widespread use of fault tolerant software
for safety critical systems with a tenfold improvement in development productivity,
thereby equalling the certification costs of non-safety critical systems. |
85 |
8 |
Defence and aerospace
- quality/policy |
U |
|
Practical use of all weather category 3
aircraft landing, take-off and taxiing system using non-visual technology (e.g. fused
radar/IR imaging conditioned by differential GPS). |
12 |
9 |
Defence and aerospace
- air traffic management |
U |
|
Practical use of vary large (>1000)
subsonic passenger aircraft compatible with existing airport taxiways and stands. |
39 |
10 |
Defence and aerospace
- advanced passenger aircraft |
U |
|
The real cost of telecommunication falls
by 75% of its current level. |
12 |
1 |
Financial services
- computing and communications |
U |
|
An extensive library of audio, video and
text information is accessible to homes and workplaces on demand |
47 |
2 |
Financial services
- retail products and services |
U |
|
There is a telecommunication
infrastructure in the UK which allows the sale of goods, services and information through
a multi-media network to every home and place of business. |
11 |
3 |
Financial services
- computing and communications |
U |
|
Portable computers and communications
equipment with compact lightweight and long lasting power suppliers are in widespread use. |
17 |
4 |
Financial services
- computing and communications |
U |
|
Widespread teaching and testing of the
use of business software packages, such as word processing and spreadsheets, as a
mandatory part of the school curriculum. |
2 |
5 |
Financial services
- structure and human resources |
U |
|
Interactive terminals, allowing voice,
video and text communications, are installed in the homes of most consumers of financial
services. |
45 |
6 |
Financial services
- retail products and services |
U |
|
The UK is better than its major
competitors at adapting laws and regulations to take account of new technological
developments. |
26 |
7 |
Financial services
- conduct and compliance |
U |
|
A combination of smart cards and
telecommunications will enable electronic crash to be obtained widely,
including in most homes or places at work. |
53 |
8 |
Financial services
- services for business and consumers |
U |
|
The cost of a desk top computer with the
capability for business application is app. the same as the average weekly wage in the UK. |
13 |
9 |
Financial services
- computing and communications |
U |
|
Improved telecommunications and changing
cultural attitudes bring a massive increase in the volume of cross-border business. |
55 |
10 |
Financial services
- wholesale products and services |
U |
|
Development of selected therapeutic foods
which delay the process of ageing. |
69 |
1 |
Food and Drink
- health |
U |
|
Development of functional food which
reduces the incidence of dietary heart disease. |
67 |
2 |
Food and Drink
- health |
U |
|
Widespread acquisition of intelligent
home cooking equipment. |
9 |
3 |
Food and Drink
- manufacturing |
U |
|
Elucidation of individual human genetic
profiles enables targeted dietary advice. |
60 |
4 |
Food and Drink
- health |
U |
|
Widespread export of food from UK on the
basis of the perceived high quality of UK manufacture. |
8 |
6 |
Food and Drink
- manufacturing |
U |
|
Export of added value foods
to new markets reduce the UK deficit in foods by 50%. |
38 |
7 |
Food and Drink
- consumer |
U |
|
Widespread availability in supermarkets
of low calorie, appetite satisfying foods for overweight consumers. |
70 |
8 |
Food and Drink
- health |
U |
|
Widespread scope for consumers to
purchase foods with therapeutic benefits against a wide range of health risks. |
39 |
9 |
Food and Drink
- consumer |
U |
|
Widespread replacement of current
commercial preservation practices by novel preservation process because of the
latters positive impact on food quality. |
2 |
10 |
Food and Drink
- manufacturing |
U |
|
Greater understanding of the animal and
human nutrition and nutrient adsorption by the gut leads to major new markets for foods
containing defined, proven, health-enhancing supplements (nutriceuticals). |
67 |
1 |
Health and life sciences
- health promotion |
U |
|
Incidence of each of three major vital
diseases is reduced by 90% by new vaccine or drug developments. |
33 |
2 |
Health and life sciences
- infection and microbiology |
U |
|
Widespread use of comparative studies of
plant, animal, microbial and human genes accelerates development of new products and
development strategies for disease control. |
9 |
3 |
Health and life sciences
- molecular and cellular sciences |
U |
|
Elucidation of the causes of inflammatory
and auto-immune diseases. |
30 |
5 |
Health and life sciences
- immunology |
U |
|
Practical use of drugs modulating
cellular systems (e.g. controlling cell cycle, differentiation of death) to treat cancer. |
25 |
6 |
Health and life sciences
- cancer |
U |
|
New methods of treating arterial
occlusion and myocardial infarction dramatically reduce morbidity from cardiovascular
disease in 40-50 age group. |
28 |
8 |
Health and life sciences
- cardiovascular |
U |
|
Widespread use of polypeptide drugs which
are delivered and targeted to specific tissues. |
22 |
9 |
Health and life sciences
- advances in therapeutics |
U |
|
Practical use of reliable systems for
predicting complete 3-D protein structure from sequence alone, either by reference to
known structures or by other means. |
7 |
10 |
Health and life sciences
- molecular and cellular sciences |
U |
|
IT systems for home or general use at
work routinely require negligible training for 90% of users. |
22 |
2 |
IT and Electronics
- human/machine interface |
U |
|
Availability of voice transcription
systems for any speaker, without training, with a vocabulary of 50.000 words, at a price
equivalent to less than £75 today. |
24 |
3 |
IT and Electronics
- human/machine interface |
U |
|
75% of software projects are delivered on
time and meet or exceed the customers expectations for functionality, performance
and cost. |
10 |
4 |
IT and Electronics
- software technology |
U |
|
All new vehicles have transponders which
can provide services such as road charging, stolen vehicle recovery and collision
awareness. |
69 |
5 |
IT and Electronics
- government/
social/legal issues |
U |
|
Smart video, surveillance systems, in
home, capable of recognising intruders, personal accidents, etc. are available at a price
equivalent to less than £750 today. |
62 |
7 |
IT and Electronics
- application for industry and commerce |
U |
|
UK is one of the top three world wide
sources of applications content in multimedia products and services. |
52 |
8 |
IT and Electronics
- application for industry and commerce |
U |
|
Widespread use of intelligent interactive
technology that teaches art, music, craft, sports or other leisure skills tailored to
individual needs and based on assessment of individual progress. |
37 |
1 |
Learning and Leisure
- learning and creativity |
U |
|
Widespread use of an interactive
information facility in cars which gives current information on road problems, best
routes, sites of interest, and bars on entry to site. |
67 |
2 |
Learning and Leisure
- tourism and travel |
U |
|
Widespread availability of training in a
combination of high-level creativity and technical skills, e.g. in computer graphics,
computer assisted animation or design. |
39 |
3 |
Learning and Leisure
- learning and creativity |
U |
|
The widespread establishment within
organisations of advanced technology centres to incubate creative and
technical skills through providing access to finance, equipment or initial work
experience. |
40 |
4 |
Learning and Leisure
- learning and creativity |
U |
|
All homes have access to low-cost
interactive educational materials for a range of credentials. |
46 |
5 |
Learning and Leisure
- learning and creativity |
U |
|
Bed and breakfast or other small source
of accommodation are linked to homes or public access points for direct domestic or
international booking. |
68 |
7 |
Learning and Leisure
- tourism and travel |
U |
|
Practical use of machines for the
translation of printed text into different languages. |
34 |
8 |
Learning and Leisure
- learning and creativity |
U |
|
Practical use of voice recognition
technology for the translation of speech into different languages. |
35 |
9 |
Learning and Leisure
- learning and creativity |
U |
|
Widespread use by business of management
and organisation techniques which are proven to promote creativity or productivity from
groups of appropriate individuals. |
68 |
1 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- personnel and training |
U |
|
Widespread use of flexible teams to
organise multi-skilled employees. |
69 |
2 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- personnel and training |
U |
|
Widespread use of simple techniques for
surface treatment of low cost base materials with high effect coating of films. |
5 |
3 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- materials and material processing |
U |
|
Widespread use of simple techniques using
miniaturisation down to molecular level in production and processes. |
3 |
4 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- materials and material processing |
U |
|
Practical use of fully reproducible
sensors for measuring costumer perception quality parameters (e.g. colour, smell, sound
and touch). |
10 |
5 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- measurement and sensors |
U |
|
Widespread adoption of computer-aided
learning and training systems at the workplace to continually raise employee skills. |
65 |
7 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- personnel and training |
U |
|
Development of materials for temporary
bone fixation/repair that degrade in mechanical properties at the same rate as natural
bone replacement. |
45 |
3 |
Materials
- health care and security |
U |
|
Development of implant materials that
last the lifetime of a patient. |
43 |
4 |
Materials
- health care and security |
U |
|
Widespread use of materials with improved
blood capacity in vascular grafts, catheters and other medical devices. Desirable
properties include compliant, non-kinking with non-thrombogenic surfaces. |
42 |
5 |
Materials
- health care and security |
U |
|
Development of materials to assist with
real-time diagnosis of human diseases. |
46 |
7 |
Materials
- health care and security |
U |
|
Town centres are developed as leisure
shopping complexes. |
71 |
9 |
Retail and Distribution
- retailer |
U |
|
Companies from diverse industry sectors
form partnerships to create and exploit substantial new opportunities in retail. |
28 |
10 |
Retail and Distribution
- supply chain |
U |
|
Widespread use of robust
monitoring/sensing/image analysis equipment to improve the management, structure and
nutrient status of soils, to reduce leaching and erosion, and to identify remedial
measures. |
28 |
9 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- agriculture |
+ |
MON |
Widespread use of recycled building
materials, composites incorporating synthetic materials such as plastics and alternative
forest products, resulting from modified construction concepts and design standards. |
65 |
8 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- natural resources - construction minerals and materials |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Widespread use of fuel cells as means of
vehicle propulsion. |
63 |
2 |
Chemicals
- energy and feedstocks |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Travel to work distance are halved
through the combined impact of local development strategies and advances in information
and communication technologies. |
37 |
2 |
Construction
- land use |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Development of improved catalyst
technology enables 30% of existing high temperature / high pressure chemical processes to
be replaced by low temperature / low pressure alternatives. |
71 |
9 |
Energy
- end use |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Advances in science and technology of
materials for fuels cells create a major market for them in local area electrical energy
devices and automotive power by reducing significantly the cost/kWh. |
61 |
2 |
Materials
- energy storage and transmission |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Widespread use of new road construction
materials, equipment and techniques, which permit a 50% reduction in the time taken to
repair and maintain. |
45 |
1 |
Transport
- road transport systems |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Practical use of land transport vehicles,
which use light-weight materials and reduced volume power units and ancillaries without
compromising safety to reduce vehicle weight by 50%. |
49 |
2 |
Transport
- road transport systems |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Widespread use of teleworking and
teleshopping reduce anticipated transport demand by 20%. |
71 |
8 |
Transport
- social innovations |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Practical use of railway vehicles which
use lightweight materials and reduced volume power units and ancillaries without
compromising safety, to reduce vehicle weight by 50%. |
37 |
9 |
Transport
- railway and track transport systems |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Vehicle design and recycling technology
have reached the stage where more than half (by value) of the vehicles material is
recycled or re-used. |
42 |
10 |
Transport
- road transport systems |
+ |
OMLÆG |
Development of chemical components for
solar cells with energy conversion of greater than 30%. |
64 |
1 |
Chemicals
- energy and feedstocks |
+ |
RENERE |
Development of uniquely targeted, pest
activated chemical pest control methods. |
74 |
3 |
Chemicals
- healthcare and biotechnology |
+ |
RENERE |
Development of novel and practical
catalytic systems for SOx/NOx removal. |
21 |
6 |
Chemicals
- catalysis |
+ |
RENERE |
Development of chemical systems which
allow more than 75% of oil to be routinely recovered from an oil field. |
65 |
8 |
Chemicals
- energy and feedstocks |
+ |
RENERE |
Practical use of high productivity,
non-biological, heterogeneous catalytic systems with the product and feedstock specificity
of the best enzymes. |
20 |
10 |
Chemicals
- catalysis |
+ |
RENERE |
Totally integrated transport system
increases transport efficiency by 100%. |
70 |
1 |
Construction
- sustainable development |
+ |
RENERE |
Practical use of climate conditioning
systems with intelligent links to the building fabric and structure offer
ultra-low energy consumption. |
73 |
3 |
Construction
- sustainable development |
+ |
RENERE |
Halving of subsonic aircraft direct
operating costs per passenger mile by increasing aircraft productivity, and reducing
aircraft first cost and the cost of fuel, maintenance and crew. |
5 |
2 |
Defence and aerospace
- air environment and efficiency |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of low emissions
combustion system for civil aero engines of 50:1 pressure ratio which reduces NOx
emissions at cruise by 60% compared to todays best production engine. |
60 |
7 |
Defence and aerospace
- aircraft propulsion |
+ |
RENERE |
Integration of current understanding and
techniques into mainstream building design results in new buildings routinely requiring
50% less energy than current designs. |
54 |
1 |
Energy
- end use |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread achievement of at least 20%
improvement in energy efficiency and reduction in emissions of industrial process plant
through use of improved design methods (e.g. process integration, process
intensification). |
72 |
2 |
Energy
- end use |
+ |
RENERE |
Development of an integrated approach to
retrofitting existing buildings, using existing techniques and understanding, which
improves the energy performance of refurbished buildings by 50%. |
57 |
3 |
Energy
- end use |
+ |
RENERE |
Doubling of the share of world wide
electricity generation produced by co-generation / combined-heat-and-power. |
50 |
4 |
Energy
- conversion |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of high density (4 times
that of lead-acid) battery competitive with lead-acid technology. |
37 |
5 |
Energy
- transmission, transportation and distribution |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of highly efficient
(>20% improvement on current practice), low emission engines for transport. |
73 |
6 |
Energy
- end use |
+ |
RENERE |
Development of cost-effective refinery
processes that meet future requirements for clean transportation fuels. |
47 |
7 |
Energy
- conversion |
+ |
RENERE |
First commercial use of large, efficient
(>60% net) gas-fired combined cycle power generation. |
42 |
8 |
Energy
- conversion |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread purchasing of domestic
appliances (refrigerators, washing machines, hi-fi, cooking etc.) which are 50% more
energy efficient than todays best practise. |
66 |
10 |
Energy
- end use |
+ |
RENERE |
Accurate long term weather forecasting
facilities more efficient planning and production of agriculture and food. |
59 |
5 |
Food and Drink
- environment |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of genetically engineered
plants and micro-organisms to control and/or reverse environmental contamination. |
75 |
7 |
Health and life sciences
- biological production |
+ |
RENERE |
Availability of dry cells with five times
the power/storage of contemporary NiCd cells at no added cost and weight. |
4 |
1 |
IT and Electronics
- hardware technology |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of modelling techniques
which predict and minimise waste products from an entire facility. |
58 |
6 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- operations |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of simple
negligible-friction coating systems to reduce wear. |
6 |
8 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- materials and material processing |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of highly distributed
manufacturing facilities allowing reduction of movement of people or goods to reduce the
impact of transportation. |
24 |
9 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- production process support systems |
+ |
RENERE |
Practical use of processes for the
production of currently recognised materials by novel low cost, undemanding methods (e.g.
at ambient temperature, pressure). |
4 |
10 |
Manufacturing/
Production/Business
- materials and material processing |
+ |
RENERE |
Development of optical materials enabling
usable all-optical switches, optical signal processing and optical computing. |
57 |
6 |
Materials
- electro-optic materials |
+ |
RENERE |
Practical demonstration of control of
leachates from landfill sites by geotextile membranes with micro-biological capabilities. |
20 |
8 |
Materials
- recycle / re-use |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread increase in specialised small
retailers meeting specific needs in the local community. |
65 |
1 |
Retail and Distribution
- retailer |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of internal combustion
engined vehicles twice as fuel efficient as todays catalyst-equipped vehicles and
with half the present exhaust emissions of the regulated pollutants. |
62 |
3 |
Transport
- road transport systems |
+ |
RENERE |
Travel by private vehicles in inner urban
areas is halved compared with today through public transport improvements and the
introduction of electronic road pricing and access control. |
67 |
5 |
Transport
- road transport systems |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of vehicles for urban
personal transport powered by electric or other negligible emission power sources,
supported by re-charging facilities at termini and/or en route. |
63 |
6 |
Transport
- road transport systems |
+ |
RENERE |
Widespread use of separation and membrane
technologies and biotechnologies for waste management. |
98 |
10 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- environment - national scale |
+ |
RENSE |
Urban regeneration brings large areas of
derelict and contaminated land back into productive use. |
36 |
4 |
Construction
- land use |
+ |
RENSE |
Development of zero energy
buildings that are independent of utilities and infrastructure. |
68 |
5 |
Construction
- sustainable development |
+ |
SAMF |
Buildings are designed as dynamic and
adaptive structures able to adjust automatically to the many varied pressures of people
and nature. |
11 |
7 |
Construction
- buildings in use |
+ |
SAMF |
Development of practicable zero or near
zero energy buildings. |
103 |
1 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- environment - national scale |
+ |
SYSTEM |
New conversion/transmission techniques
provide viable economic and environmentally acceptable alternative energy sources. |
75 |
5 |
Agricult., nat. res. & environment
- natural resources - renewables |
+ |
SYSTEM |
20% of UK communities and urban areas
have a balanced system of energy consumption and energy creation. |
69 |
6 |
Construction
- sustainable development |
+ |
SYSTEM |
Compact lightweight, mouldable, durable,
rechargeable batteries capable of powering portable office equipment for 24 hours are in
widespread use. |
62 |
1 |
Materials
- energy storage and transmission |
+ |
SYSTEM |
80% of UK population completing secondary
education is competent in technical subjects. |
69 |
7 |
Chemicals
- education and training |
? |
|
Widespread use of interactive multimedia
services and telesoftware for training/education at home. |
70 |
5 |
Communications
- services for business/consumers |
? |
|
Widespread use in UK of multimedia
teleworking enables people to work from home for much of the working week. |
54 |
6 |
Communications
- services for business/consumers |
? |
|
Widespread use of multi-variable and
intelligent controls on aircraft, helicopters and engines to improve their operational
characteristics, including noise and vibration reduction. |
66 |
6 |
Defence and aerospace
- control systems |
? |
|
First practical use of therapies based on
purpose-designed non-peptide molecules which mimic the activity of peptides. |
21 |
4 |
Health and life sciences
- advances in therapeutics |
? |
|
25% of the UK population use a portable
integrated personal computer/communicator. |
36 |
6 |
IT and Electronics
- information distribution and exchange |
? |
|
50% of UK households use a multimedia
system which includes PC, telephones, TV, VCR, games and networking capabilities. |
56 |
9 |
IT and Electronics
- home and lifestyle |
? |
|
10% of the UK working population telework
2 days per week. |
50 |
10 |
IT and Electronics
- application for industry and commerce |
? |
|
25% of homes are connected to a
high-capacity, interactive superhighway for information, communication and
entertainment. |
1 |
6 |
Learning and Leisure
- media development / superhighway |
? |
|
Expert navigation systems
enable simple access to data warehouses for all domestic users of all levels
of computer literacy. |
14 |
10 |
Learning and Leisure
- media development / superhighway |
? |
|
Commercial application of materials
designed on biomimetic principles. |
18 |
9 |
Materials
- smart materials |
? |
|
Widespread application of food packaging
materials able to indicate that the food is safe for human consumption. |
14 |
10 |
Materials
- smart materials |
? |
|
Widespread use of packaging that ensures
temperature control of the packed item, enabling convenience shopping and home delivery. |
21 |
2 |
Retail and Distribution
- product related |
? |
|
Multi-way interactive visual and audio
communication used in 50% of UK homes. |
1 |
3 |
Retail and Distribution
- UK social trends |
? |
|
To prevent the growth of an information
underclass, the UK government makes equipment generally available to provide access to
electronic shopping and information services. |
53 |
4 |
Retail and Distribution
- consumer |
? |
|
Widespread use of product packaging that
indicates age and condition of perishable products. |
20 |
5 |
Retail and Distribution
- product related |
? |
|
Widespread use of Smart Tags improves
product identification, quality control and tracking processes throughout the supply
chain. |
23 |
6 |
Retail and Distribution
- supply chain |
? |
|
Widespread use of high resolution Virtual
Reality to market high value products (holidays, housing, fashion etc.). |
39 |
7 |
Retail and Distribution
- marketing |
? |
|
Widespread use of networked systems to
transfer and pay information. |
29 |
8 |
Retail and Distribution
- supply chain |
? |
|
Widespread use of new, smaller container
modules allowing automated interchange and transfer of modules between modes, and from
long-distance to local-distribution vehicles. |
17 |
7 |
Transport
- multi-modal transport systems |
? |
|
Improvements in the price-performance of
buildings and structures facilitate an acceleration in the long-run rate of renewal of
UKs building stock to double the present rate. |
1 |
9 |
Construction
- buildings in use |
# |
|
International development of new air
traffic management methods, technologies and standards to greatly increase safely the
throughput capacity of European airspace. |
2 |
4 |
Transport
- air traffic systems |
# |
|