In 2019, the buzz around technology was all about the Internet of Things applied to industrial and commercial applications—with security and wearables being some of the significant technologies to deploy it. So, while we launch into a new decade, let’s look at those key technologies in 2019 and how they fared, and then take a look ahead at 2020.
These top technologies in 2019 will continue to have a major impact in 2020:
Security
安全是2019年的热门话题，而围绕“区块链”一词的嗡嗡声逐渐消失。区块链是一种在金融科技中使用的软件编码方法，以使系统降低，已成为主流。关于安全的最关注的领域似乎是在工业，商业和金融部门中。安全性在消费舞台上也很重要，但是，没有涉及消费者IoT设备的备受瞩目的案例，人们担心对安全性的关注可能会在这一细分市场中放松。
It should be anticipated that security will remain a major concern in 2020 and that the non-consumer segment will be the one driving demand for increased protection, particularly as it relates to edge based devices.
Industrial IoT
基于云的解决方案的帮助，预计工业物联网将在工业物联网中产生巨大的增长。反过来，这样的系统将有助于最大程度地减少时间和费用，以开发涉及数据聚合，分析和基于动作响应的复杂解决方案。
Rather than a tidal wave of action in 2019, there was a steady growth in the deployment of innovative use of IoT in industrial and commercial applications. Areas like farming, piping, and power have seen innovative new developments. Expect this trend to continue in the coming year. The development and deployment of limited scope, targeted AI (artificial intelligence) based on data acquisition, analytics, and control will be a hot topic for more advances in 2020 and beyond.
Wearables
Last year at this time, it was anticipated that the wearable category would continue to evolve but no earth-shattering breakthroughs would emerge in the coming year. This view has largely been validated in 2020. There's incremental improvement in wearable devices, particularly as it relates to health monitoring, but the shakeout in the industry is in progress. Commoditization is underway and the market, while growing modestly, often focuses on the replacement and upgrading of existing products in the hands of consumers(Fig. 1)。
在2020年及以后，可穿戴设备的潜力是吸引新的消费者类别。具体而言，随着生物识别传感在可穿戴设备上的改善，希望看到对患有慢性状况或老年人的人的健康监测更强大的推动力。在所有情况下，最终目标是在护理人员（房屋）的最低成本位置允许健康。可穿戴技术已经不仅仅是“智能手表”。预计将来会看到体内各个地方的监测以及积极监测和提供药物为慢性病患者的系统的增长。
2020 Trendsetters
Looking ahead to 2020, these four technologies will make the most impact in the coming year and thereafter:
5G Services
虽然5G无处不在几年，但蜂窝载体正在大约5G左右的推动力，并在5G基础设施上进行大量投资。5G在2020年将很重要，在接下来的几年中更重要。
AI and AR
AI and AR (augmented reality) are already rolling out, and it will continue throughout 2020. A “tipping point” isn't anticipated, but expect a steady increase in the types of intelligent things that will come out of data mining (i.e., data sciences) based on information from IoT and other devices as well as public and private web and social media data. The medical segment will be increasingly hot in this area.
Electric Vehicles (EVs)
已经有购买市售电动汽车的选项。但是，随着越来越多的制造商释放越来越多的具有全电力的车辆和车辆类型，这种趋势会迅速加速。但是，“ 800磅”。房间里的大猩猩”与高速充电站的可用性以及电网上的高功率充电需求分布有关。
Robotics
Much development is underway in this domain. However, the robots that you'll see in 2020 and the near future are likely to be very application-specific(Fig. 2)。正在进行的工作中，涉及常规，在狭窄环境中重复操作的应用。示例包括仓库和零售（清洁，采摘，库存等）和操作。
将这些新技术推向消费者，商业，健康和工业市场将极大地影响我们在2020年设计产品的方式。它还将为未来十年中仍将使用的设备奠定基础，这些设备将被消费者和行业使用一样。
米奇·迈曼（Mitch Maiman）is President and Co-founder ofIntelligent Product Solutions (IPS)。
