EMERGING

TECHNOLOGIES
BY GROUP 3
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES
Emerging technologies include a
Emerging technologies include a
variety of technologies such as
variety of technologies such as
educational technology,
educational technology,
information technology,
information technology,
nanotechnology, biotechnology,
nanotechnology, biotechnology,
cognitive science,
cognitive science,
psychotechnology, robotics, and
psychotechnology, robotics, and
artificial intelligence.
artificial intelligence.
VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES

Educational Information
Technology Technology
The study or use of systems
It is the study and ethical practice of
(especially computers and
facilitating learning and improving
telecommunications) for storing,
performance by creating, using and
retrieving, and sending information.
managing
appropriate technological processes
and resources.
VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES

Nanotechnology Biotechnology
It is the exploitation of biological
It is being applied to or developed
processes for industrial and other
for application to a variety of
purposes, especially the genetic
industrial and purification processes.
manipulation of microorganisms for
the production of antibiotics,
hormones, etc.
VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES
Cognitive Science
The study of thought, learning, and
mental organization, which draws on
aspects of psychology, linguistics,
philosophy, and computer modeling.
Psychotechnology
The application of psychological
methods and results to the solution
of practical problems especially in
industry.
Self-healing Concrete
Researchers at Bath University are
looking to develop a self-healing
concrete, using a mix containing
bacteria called Bacillus Pseudofirmus
or Sporosarcina Pasteurii within
microcapsules.

This concrete will aid building Self-healing

innovation by germinating when Concrete
water enters a crack in the concrete
to produce limestone, plugging the
crack before water and oxygen has
a chance to corrode the steel
reinforcement.
Thermal Bridging
Escaping heat follows the path of
least resistance. Thermal bridging
generally occur when there is a
break in, or penetration of the
building envelope. Thermal bridges
can be caused by:
•The junctions between the wall
and floor
•The junctions between the wall
and roof Thermal
•Holes in the building envelope Bridging
for pipes and cables
•Window and door reveals
•Steel wall ties used in masonry
construction (e.g. cavity walls)
Classification of Thermal Bridging
Repeating Thermal Bridge
-follow a pattern and are “repeated” over an entire area of
the building’s thermal envelope. They are both common and
predictable, but can still cause a significant amount of heat
loss.

Non-repeating Thermal Bridge

-occur periodically and are found where there’s a break in the
continuity of the building’s thermal envelope.

Geometrical Thermal Bridge

-occur more frequently with complex building forms, so it’s best
to keep the overall design as simplistic as possible to reduce
their occurrence.
Photovoltaic glaze
This can help buildings
generate their own
electricity, by turning
the whole building
envelope into a solar
panel. Photovoltaic
glaze
Kinetic Footfall
It can be used indoors or
outdoors in high traffic areas,
and generates electricity from
pedestrian footfall using
an electromagnetic induction
process and flywheel energy
storage. Kinetic Footfall
Kinetic Roads
•It has developed a technology
called Lybra, a tyre-like rubber
paving that converts the kinetic
energy produced by moving
vehicles into electrical energy.

•The cutting-edge technology is

able to collect and convert this Kinetic Roads
energy into electricity before
passing it on to the electricity
grid.
Predictive Software
•Predictive software can help
ensure even the most innovative
structures in civil engineering are
safe and efficient, by simulating
how they will behave.

•An example of this was work on

the structural integrity of the arch
rotation brackets at Wembley Predictive
Stadium, undertaken by Bennett Software
Associates, using ANSYS software,
which simulated the stresses on the
brackets that hold and move the
distinctive arches above the
stadium.
3D Modeling
•It is the process of developing a
mathematical representation of
any surface of an object in three
dimensions via specialized
software.

•CyberCity3D (CC3D) is a
geospatial-modelling innovator
3D Modeling
specializing in the production of
smart 3D building models.
Modular Construction
•It is one of the most
popular developments in
civil engineering where a
building is constructed off-
site using the same
materials and designed to
the same standards as Modular
Construction
conventional on-site
construction.
Cloud Collaboration
Basestone is a system allowing
the remote sharing of data on
a construction site in real time.
It is predominantly a review
tool for civil engineers and
architects which digitizes the
drawing review process on Cloud
construction projects, and Collaboration
allows for better collaboration.
Asset Mapping
Asset mapping focuses on
operational equipment,
including heating and air
conditioning, lighting and
security systems. The process
includes collecting data from
serial numbers, firmware,
engineering notes of when it Asset Mapping
was installed and by whom,
and combines all the data in
one place.