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IBM Sees ''Quantum Computing'' going mainstream within five years.

IBM predicts five technologies that will change the world in the next five years. From Quantum Computing to ''unbiased'' artificial intelligence.

Quantum Computing going mainstream. It may sound impossible, but IBM thinks it might be the future in the next five years.

That is one of the five technological innovations that IBM predicts will change lives everywhere.

Quantum Computing going mainstream : The computers sold today, also known as classical computers, are limited in their capabilities to solve certain issues, generally when it comes to large-scale computations.

Quantum Computers can be used to bridge the gap : ''Just in the last five years, IBM has invested over $38 billion in these new capabilities.'' Harriet Green, chairman and CEO of IBM Asia Pacific, told CNBC's ''Capital Connection''.

''These investments are very real and available to help change and transform businesses now.''

IBM's research division says industries are just starting to discover how quantum computers can be used.

Within five years, the company predicts, the tech industry will discover the first mainstream application of Quantum Computers alongside classical computers.

Linking goods to blockchains : Supply chains have become exceedingly complex, spanning  different countries and involving multiple parties.

The use of blockchains technology, however, has made digital transactions within a supply chain much more secure and reliable.

However, a cryptographically secured record keeping system does not prevent tempering with physical products.

So, IBM researchers are working on  cryptoanchors, a form of digital fingerprint that can be embedded into physical products and linked to a blockchain to prove the authenticity of a physical product.

Others are working on similar products  for specific goods, like gold.

This research publishing continues to Part 2.