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Trillion-sensor world

Estimated year~2035

30% by 2040 · including earlier years

The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.

Printed and self-powered sensors are built into almost everything.

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What the forecast means

Milestone stage: milestone (legacy definition)

Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.

This page describes a forecast, rather than an achieved result. Read the methodology and assumptions.

Built on

Organic LEDs and semiconductorsRecorded · 1987enables
Wireless sensor networksRecorded · 2010enables
All-solid-state EV batteriesForecast · ~2028enables
Electronics printed on anythingForecast · ~2030enables
Ambient connectivityForecast · ~2033enables

Led to

Food waste halvedForecast · ~2045enables
Whole atmosphere sensedForecast · ~2050enables
Global fault stress mapForecast · ~2052enables
Landslide prediction everywhereForecast · ~2052enables
Food poisoning nearly endedForecast · ~2054enables
Every endangered animal monitoredForecast · ~2055enables
Body sensors as outbreak sentinelsForecast · ~2065enables

Sources & evidence

No individual source links are recorded for this milestone. Source coverage and review status vary across the atlas.

Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.