As the year draws to a close – looking forward rather than back – Electronics Weekly asked industry experts to suggest what sea‑change they expect to see in existing technology that will ratchet it up to the next level, what technologies will command headlines in future issues of the magazine and to predict where new ones may emerge that will change the way we think, work and play.

Flexing circuits’ muscles

Apart from screens on mobile phones, every other electronics device is getting smaller, enabling new applications, writes Caroline Hayes.

GaN for power conversion

GaN devices are early in their evolution, with advances in performance and integration and more products coming, writes Alex Lidow

The driver for change

Connected vehicle trials are driving us towards an autonomous future, suggests Bryan Marshall

Hydrogen challenges EVs

Opportunities and challenges

Availability of 5G networks is expected to climb quickly throughout 2020 and beyond – Alex McCarthy explores the possibilities

Case study: Air pollution monitoring with 5G

A mobile UI toolkit to make Flutter

It will be well below the radar, but Flutter is a technology Alun Williams expects to make a noticeable impact in 2020

The conundrum of a quantum computer

Quantum computing is evolving differently from classical computing, says Steve Brierley, with work to do on its middle layer

Watching the Risc-V new kid on the block

Steve Bush will be keeping an eye on developments around the Risc-V instruction set