How much attention a technology gets, compared with how much real progress it has made
Some technologies get far more attention than their progress supports. Others make steady progress that few people notice. For each of the 235 technologies we follow, we compare the two.
Attention and progress, side by side
We measure attention from news, commentary and how often a technology is discussed. We measure progress from patents, research, funding and products in real use. Each technology gets a score for both, so you can see which ones are being talked about more than they are being built.
CanaryIQ public catalogue
A lot of attention does not mean a lot of progress
Quantum computing is a clear example. In September 2026 it scored near the top for attention and near the bottom for maturity. Our page on each technology shows both scores and the evidence behind them.
Our public catalogue of 20 September 2026 scored quantum computing high on attention and low on maturity. Both measures use a 0–1 scale.
See what caused the attention
When attention jumps, there is usually a reason: a research result, a large funding round, a new rule or a company announcement. We show what it was, and whether it changed the real progress.
Google Willow · Dec 2024
More correction. Fewer errors.
Google reported below-threshold error correction: increasing the code size reduced the logical error rate.
The next question: how does a better logical memory translate into reliable computation?