3D printing. Although the initial idea behind 3D printing, which basically refers to layerwise creation of any physical object, has existed since the invention of early rapid prototyping methods like stereolithography in the 1980s (Jacobs 1992), associated promises of the “freedom of creation” or “a new industrial revolution” emerged only during the last decade (Hopkinson et al. 2006; Pine and Korn 2011). ** * Digital Economy: Complexity and Variety vs. Rationality, Editors; Elena G. Popkova Plekhanov, Russia, Bruno S. Sergei, USA, Italy, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 **Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open-Source Hardware, Jan-Peter Ferdinand Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, Springer International Publishing AG 2018
3. 5G and Wi-Fi 6 5G is the fifth-generation wireless technology for digital cellular networks, boasting faster speeds, better traffic handling and less congestion. To accompany this, Wi-Fi 6, the newest standard of Wi-Fi technology is also improving on its predecessors. With the huge improvements of cellular solutions, mobile construction site broadband is proving a competitive alternative to the traditional fixed lines, and we are seeing more construction sites and developments moving towards this and reaping the benefits of quicker installation times and greater flexibility whilst still receiving the required level of service. 5G and Wi-Fi 6 will enable users to communicate effectively, share large scale drawings, run resource-heavy applications without compromising speed/performance. Not to mention, it will provide a reliable and secure communication network on which new and advanced technologies will utilize. 4. Application Program Interfaces An Application Programme Interface, or API, is ‘a set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service’. Simply likened to one half of a bridge, these links can be built into software platforms which enable others to be able to export the data they produce for use in their own technology. The Innovation Strategist felt that as opposed to looking towards new technology to create a trusted real estate information database, upgrades in old, currently difficult to integrate APIs would present the ability for a platform to emerge able to house all the necessary information needed to eliminate transaction delays. 5. Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) simulates human intelligence with machines, especially computer systems. This includes learning (gathering information and rules for using the information), inference (using the rules to draw approximate or definitive conclusions), and self-correcting. The special applications of AI are expert systems, speech recognition and machine vision.
