Network Enhanced Everything - NEE.

Have discussed "supers" previously - capacitors, batteries, insulation - and in general - materials...
also LEDs, solar photovoltaics and other renewables.

Lately thinking about everything network (and computer) enhanced...
Enhanced - manufacturing, services, handling, inventory, sensing, communications and analytics.
By no means comprehensive, but meant to encompass some popular specifics like
robotics, 3D fabrication, telepresence, IoT and M2M.

Robotics - Economist - Analysis, Logistics.

Feature section on Robotics in Economist March 27, 2014.
Rise of Robots [Ecomomist]
Economist Robotics

Highlights:

Asking for help where a robot is helpless is perhaps feature and not a bug. Drones are not in as much military demand as one might think. Who will provide us our last human kindnesses?

Thoughts:

Opportunity for analytics? Amazon Kiva Union [Forbes]
Kiva

More succinctly analytics for Logistics Automation

For cleaning iRobot Roomba
For snow? Tuvie Roofus

For lawn? Robotic Lawn Mowers

Little mention of trade show robots as a tele-presence application.

Trade Show Robots [Wired]