cutting-edge technology

Newest technical breakthroughs

Cutting-edge technology refers to the most advanced, innovative developments in a field—tools, methods, or systems at the forefront of what's currently possible.

The metaphor suggests a blade's sharpest point, where progress meets the unknown: The lab is working with cutting-edge technology in gene editing.

Often used in marketing to suggest innovation, sometimes loosely.

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Internet of Things · quantum computing · artificial intelligence · neural networks · deep learning · cloud computing · wearable devices · blockchain · gene editing · synthetic biology · fusion energy · renewable energy · nanotechnology · smart grids · augmented reality · electric vehicles · brain-computer interface · virtual reality

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Opposites
technological advancement

cutting-edge technologyobsolete technology

Surpassed, abandoned innovations

legacy systems · vintage technology · retro technology

temporal positioning

cutting-edge technologylow-tech

Not electronically complex

retro technology · vintage technology

innovation status

cutting-edge technologystatus quo

Existing condition of affairs

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G