This article discusses the S-shaped curve of innovation in the technology industry, which reflects the typical lifecycle of an innovation from early emergence to accelerating adoption and finally stabilisation and maturity. GlobalData’s Technology Foresights report identifies 300+ innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry, including finite element simulation, ML-enabled blockchain networks, generative adversarial network (GAN), demand forecasting applications, intelligent embedded systems, deep reinforcement learning, wearable physiological, and more.