Discover 12 opportunities in technology

The future is just a stone’s throw away, but one thing is certain: Engineers play a major role in shaping the world of tomorrow. By building the essential infrastructure upon which society depends, they turn engineering knowledge into action, traversing the path from concept to practical creation. Technologies are changing at such a fast pace that we cannot say with certainty what our world will look like 10 or 20 or 30 years from now, but we do know that whatever new wonders appear, engineers will have played a major role in shaping the future.

The past few years have seen the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – also known as drones – skyrocket across industry and society. Previously reserved for the military, we now see them providing footage at sporting events and concerts, and for films and advertisements as well as being used for delivery by retail giants like Amazon. They now find application in agriculture for monitoring of crops and animal herds, and in search and rescue for locating missing persons.

With the arrival of automated teller machines in the 1970s, the number of bank tellers in America has more than doubled. There are many other examples that automation can do the opposite of “stealing” human jobs. The new phenomenon actually can grow hand in hand with more openings for people in the labour market.

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