Global Scans · Human augmentation · Weekly Summary

• From wearable devices to genetic engineering, human augmentation has the potential to transform how we live, work, and interact with the world around us. Technology Insights -
• Basic forms of human augmentation could be accessible in the next 20 years, with more complex enhancements taking longer. Future Savant
• By 2030, 80% of humans will engage with smart robots on a daily basis, due to smart robot advancements in intelligence, social interactions and human augmentation capabilities, up from less than 10% today. NVIDIA Blog
• The reasons given for developing human augmentation technology for war fighting will be wearily predictable to anyone who has studied UK military policy over recent years. Drone Wars UK
• Most humans, particularly the young, are already fully trained for post-2030, Human 2.0 life. The COVID Blog
• Through 2026, asset inspection and human augmentation will be the fastest growing use cases for robotic solutions opening up new opportunities in energy and utilities, construction, and manufacturing. 1st Global Cybersecurity Observatory
• Three expanding domains for smart robots in the next three years will be around enabling smart automation, human augmentation and social interactions. 1st Global Cybersecurity Observatory
• Highly automated and flexible operations equipped with human augmentation will help companies struggling with the availability of skilled labor in some markets and will give rise to a new collar worker according to Bell Labs Consulting. Forbes
• Digital-physical fusion and human augmentation provide the transformational context for communications in the 2030s and metaverse enablement. LinkedIn
• Rooftop solar on the east coast has some of the lowest potential to offset the average household electricity consumption. CNet
• Consumption should be supported by households' accumulated savings and stronger wage growth as well as a step lower in savings rates towards pre-pandemic levels - likely seeing ongoing robust growth through 2022 before more normal rates in 2023 and beyond. National Australia Bank
• The pressure of food inflation globally could reduce consumption in poor households in Indonesia, increasing poverty. Al Jazeera
• Higher prices and supply limitations severely disrupted economic activity in the global economy and led to higher inflation, which would also increase the cost of living and could further squeeze household consumption. National Institute of Economic and Social Research
• Somalia's economy is expected to have grown by 2% last year, the IMF said, thanks to household consumption driven by increased remittances and new export markets for goods. Reuters
• A significant proportion of poor households in riverine areas will face moderate to large food consumption gaps through mid-2022. ReliefWeb
• Inflation set to eat into households' real consumption Omicron is forecast to have a temporary negative impact on consumer spending in the first quarter of 2022, but household consumption is expected to grow by 7.5% in 2022 and around 2% annually thereafter. National Institute of Economic and Social Research
• We expect high UK inflation over the first half of 2022 and only a slow moderation thereafter, crimping household spending power and consumption as the year begins. fbnglobalnews.com
• With household consumption and gross domestic product growth proving resilient to the Delta COVID-19 variant, higher inflation has prodded the Fed to indicate it will most likely start tapering in November, assuming that economic progress continues broadly as expected. LinkedIn
• The UK economy will emerge from COVID more unbalanced with a growing dependence on household consumption to drive growth. Institute of Financial Accountants

Last updated: 05 January 2025