The editors of Fortune Small Business have made their predictions of “products, people, and ideas likely to make news in 2005.”
Here are some of their picks:
Designer Fruit: “Sometime in 2005 you may walk into a farmers’ market and find a fruit that you have never seen before and may not be able to pronounce: the peacotum.”
DNA Markers to Prevent Counterfeiting of Products: “Applied DNA takes strands of DNA from plants and alters them to create unique chemical tags that can be used to mark products (just as chemical taggants are added to explosives sold in the US).”
A Room With a View of the Ocean: “Poseidon Undersea Resort, expected to open in early 2006 off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, will give non-scuba divers the chance to experience life underwater without air tanks or wet suits.”
Medical Devices Galore: brain implants for quadriplegics that let them move a computer cursor by thoughts, nerve replacements, better joint replacements, harnesses for enlarged hearts, and spinal replacement parts are just some of the new medical devices coming to market.
Fast Food an Oxymoron No More: “HyperActive Bob…is a camera on the roof of fast-food restaurants that tracks cars in the drive-thru lane, along with software that analyzes the images. Based on the size and type of car, the software predicts how much food the people in it will order.”
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