LESSON 3.

b:
DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS
disruptive technology
•is one that displaces an established
technology and shakes up the
industry or a ground-breaking
product that creates a completely
new industry.  
What is disrupted?

•Raw Material
•Process
•Medium
• Typewriter → Computer Word Processing →
Desktop Publishing
• Snail Mail → E-mail → Instant Messaging →
Social Networking
• Telegraph → Telephone → Cellphone →
Smartphones
• Desktop → Laptop → Tablets
• Inhouse server → Cloud Computing
• Paper References → Digital References
• Magnetic Media → Optical Discs → Flash Drives
→ Cloud Storage
• CRT → LCD → LED
• Chemical Photography → Digital Photography
• Offset Printing → Computer Printing
• 2D printing → 3D Printing
• Interactivity → Realities
• Gasoline cars→ Electric Cars
• Taxi→ Uber → Automated Cars
• Infrared → Bluetooth → WIFI
• Desktop App → Mobile App
• XRAY→ CT Scan → MRI
• Typed Commands → Click → Touch → Voice
• Plastic → Biodegradable Plastic
• Chemical → Organic
Int the future…
• Artificial Intelligence – personify everything
• 3D Printing – from tools to houses
• Space Colonization – sustainably live in space
• Advanced materials – superior characteristics
• IoT – Smart Cities
• Meatless Meats – protein-based ingredients
• Renewable energy – photovoltaic cells, ocean wave power
• Advanced Robotics – prosthetics, surgical system
• Next Generation Genomics – Gene Editing, CRISPR, STEMCELL
• Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
• Precision and Vertical Farming
Something to think about… write
about…
• Discuss about a disruptive technology and its impact on the future of
work.

• In your current field of specialization and industry, what disruptive

innovation is close at hand?
Sources:

• https://richtopia.com/emerging-technologies/11-disruptive-technolog
y-examples
• https://disruptionhub.com/2018-disruptive-trends/
• https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/disruptive-technology
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation
• https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/disruptive-innovation.asp
• https://www.edureka.co/blog/top-10-trending-technologies/
• https://www.iotforall.com/5-disruptive-technologies-shaping-our-futu
re/
• https://inhabitat.com/6-inspiring-examples-of-groundbreaking-green-t
echnology/
• https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/top-10-emerging-technol
ogies-of-2018/
• https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/these-are-the-top-10-em