Will the Next Big Thing be (finally) humanoid robots?

Hey, what’s the Next Big Thing? Well, there’s a pretty strong case that the Last Big Thing was Apple’s iPhone, arguably the most popular consumer product of all time. Or let’s put it more broadly, the smartphone. It’s almost as if to be a human in the third decade of the 21st century is to own The One Device.

A Next Big Thing could be pretty darn popular and not be as popular as the smartphone — and yet qualify as a Next Big Thing. With that caveat, here’s what Goldman Sachs thinks might be the Next Big Thing worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as the smartphone and automobile, at least the electric sort:

 
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