however to benefit countries will need to strengthen technology capabilities and increase access for all groups in a wide range of areas with support from the international community they have spurred innovations such as big data al d printing internet of things iot robotics cloud computing and many others the internet of things iot monitors and manages connected objects and machines and has applications in healthcare agriculture energy and water management and quality al offers a wide range of capabilities including image recognition for diagnostics in health care and agriculture combined with robotics al could transform production and distribution networks in line with new business models especially in manufacturing new types of d printing allow ever faster and cheaper lowvolume production and rapid iterative prototyping of new products offering benefits in healthcare construction and education