The Current Landscape of Emerging Technologies

This intelligence platform provides a 360-degree technology scan tracking signals, trends, and readiness levels across emerging domains. We synthesize thousands of technology signals into actionable clusters, readiness scores, and diffusion pathways, helping organizations navigate the complex landscape of emerging technologies. By continuously monitoring weak signals, emerging narratives, and systemic shifts, we aim to transform technology intelligence into strategic advantage.

This resource is free and open-access, ensuring it reaches innovation teams, policymakers, strategists, researchers, educators, and anyone tracking technological change. Horizons goes beyond simple tracking by applying systematic frameworks—Technology Readiness Levels (TRL), diffusion metrics, and scenario narratives—to decode shifts in governance, industry, and culture. This comprehensive approach demonstrates that understanding emerging technologies requires more than isolated signals; it demands integrated analysis that connects technical readiness to strategic implications, enabling teams to prioritize investments and anticipate systemic change.

Our Work

• Developed a continuously updated intelligence platform synthesizing thousands of technology signals into actionable insights.
• Features a live radar with 100+ tracked technologies and organizations across emerging domains.
• Technology Readiness Level (TRL) framework using NASA's 1-9 scale to assess maturity from basic research to fully operational systems.
• Scenario narratives that decode shifts in governance, industry, and culture, translating technical signals into strategic implications.
• Analyst-driven intelligence aggregating open-source intelligence, proprietary datasets, and expert interviews to surface weak signals and emerging narratives.
• Shared taxonomy creating common language to align innovation, policy, and strategy teams across organizations.
• Evidence-backed readiness metrics for prioritizing investments and understanding diffusion pathways.
• Weekly intelligence loops with curated briefings and dashboards keeping teams informed of critical developments.
• Toolkits and frameworks to operationalize technology scouting inside large organizations.

Impact

• Provides innovation teams, policymakers, and strategists with a comprehensive view of emerging technology landscapes.
• Free and open-access, enabling organizations of all sizes to access professional-grade technology intelligence.
• Shared taxonomy and frameworks help align cross-functional teams around common understanding of technology readiness and potential.
• Supports strategic decision-making through evidence-backed metrics that prioritize investments and identify opportunities.
• Weekly intelligence delivery ensures teams stay current with rapid technological change without information overload.
• Workshops, advisory sessions, and custom deep dives unlock collaboration and tailored insights for different sectors and use cases.
• Material serves as both a reference platform and strategic tool for organizations building technology scouting capabilities and navigating emerging domains.