A number of new materials and processes are emerging, though what can be considered "emerging" depends on the industry as well as the type of material being considered. A novel material for one industry may be a traditional material in another industry; therefore, the challenges facing use of an emerging material are specific to an industry. Since few, if any, novel materials will be used in a monolithic form, they must be integrated into the structure or product using joining technology. On the other hand, industry has a significant need for joining traditional materials more economically, at high productivity and with high quality.
There is a concept of breakthrough additive manufacturing technology "Roll Powder Sintering" that surpasses the dominant counterparts by a factor of tens in accuracy and hundreds in performance for less money.
Blockchain technology is a digital innovation that is poised to significantly alter financial markets within the next few years, within a cryptographic ecosystem that has the potential to also significantly impact trusted computing activities and therefore cyber-security concerns as a whole.
Blockchain technology can be used to verify the identities of business partners in supply and value chains internationally or locally. The Blockchain technology is mainly designed to enable the maintenance of a permission less distributed databases which consists of a growing list of data records that preserves the integrity, singularity and validity of the stored information, without involving any trusted third party for verification purposes.