7 Disruptive Technologies - Investment Focus - Angel and VC

The following 7 Disruptive Technologies will shape investments in the next 8 - 10 years.  If there are companies doing multiple technologies, they are a candidate to consider for investments at the angel and venture capital rounds of funding.  The sources include: McKinsey, Gartner, and Forrester.

1. Mobile and Cloud Internet - Mobile computing - Burstable hardware and software services to support mobile devices
2. Internet of Things and Sensors  - Wearable devices - Low cost sensors - Embedded appliance devices
3. Advanced Robotics and Autonomic Vehicles - Robotics with enhanced sensors - Augment humans
4. Next-Generation Genomics - Big data analytics and synthetic biology - Writing DNA
5. Energy Storage - The battery problem
6. 3D Printing - Advanced manufacturing - Printing of layers of materials on digital models
7. Advanced Oil and Gas Exploration/Renewable Energy - Extraction of unconventional oil and gas assets - Electricity from solar and wind - Driven by Federal tax credits