Responsive robots, concept cars, flying taxies and blockchain use cases wowed visitors to the World Trade Centre in Dubai this week.
The city is confident it will have autonomous drones capable of carrying people in operation within five years, if not sooner.
Humanity can look forward to personalised medicine, 3D-printed houses and super-fast public transport by the late 2030s, say futurists interviewed in a Vodafone study.
Nearly 50 school children were short-listed to take part in a robotics challenge, in which they had to build and program their own 'Mars rovers'.
The telco shifts focus to become more of a digital business, including enabling innovative technologies like drones, self-driving cars and IOT applications.
Price reductions and new entrants will drive growth in the global augmented reality and virtual reality headset market.
Many African cities are seen as ideal locations for smart city campaigns, as technology can be developed from the ground up.
Worldwide spending on cognitive computing and artificial intelligence will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 50% by 2021.
Security experts use advanced heuristics, machine learning and pattern recognition to tackle some of the biggest challenges in security.
Working out the relevance of artificial intelligence in today's manufacturing environment is not always so clear, says Erik Johnson, chief architect at Epicor Software.
This year's event offers a specific track focusing on Africa's Internet of things capacity and potential.
In the data-driven digital economy, big storage means big perks.