5 Predictive Technologies That Will Make Your Life Better

The big data revolution is leading systems that, thanks to tracking every detail of your past, could predict your future habits and health—or help you avoid traffic accidents or paying too much for airfare.

By John Brandon

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Your car suggests a route to a local coffee shop automatically, based on how often you stop there after work. Your laptop suddenly boots up faster and brims with newfound speed because it can predict what data you will need and what you won't. Your DNA reveals to you some simple steps you should take to improve your long-term health, long before you turn 50.

These are the sorts of things futurists have been predicting for a while. But this year, they're primed to go mainstream. While AI can help computers become smarter and more helpful, predictive technology can improve our lives more directly and in more tangible ways by predicting problems and dangers before they occur. Computers won't just live in the present, helping us plan our day. They will use a vast storehouse of previously collected data to predict our future and help us to adjust, in real time, for that future.

Here are five places where we're already seeing it happen.
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