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It is argued that the dream of realizing Global SDG of the United Nations is possible through the proper use of technologies. In this process, two mega technologies, NT and ICCT, have potential abilities and if used systematically by every participating country can reach the goal.

NT, being a mega technology with many branches including Nanomaterials Development Technology, Nanomechanics Technology, Nanoelectronics Technology, Nanophotonics Technology, Nanobiotechnology, and Nanomedicine, is considered as a general‐purpose technology of the twenty‐first century. NT has expected to change the rules of development games in many areas including agriculture and food industry, drinking water systems, efficient automobiles, renewable energy systems, high‐speed optical computers, low‐cost durable shelters, embedded intelligence, space vehicles, health and medical solutions, etc.

Similarly, ICCT being a mega technology supports many innovative general‐purpose technologies which are going to change the business models of almost every industry. ICCT underlying technologies are supporting total automation of primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary industries by creating artificial intelligence to replace human beings totally, ubiquitous 3D printing through internet of things (IoT) and cloud computing, optimum business model creation through data science and business analytics, online education, retailing, entertainment, social connections through virtual and augmented reality, and high‐speed processing of information supports the total transformation of society by changing the lifestyle and comfortability levels of individuals. ICCT allows human beings to become ubiquitous and total automated products and services for individuals and hence acts as a pillar of social, technological, and economical transformation.

These two technologies are capable to transform human life by offering more and more comfortability. As discussed earlier, every human being (i) needs nutritious food, clean drinking water, clean air, affordable shelter, energy from renewable sources, and good health as basic needs, (ii) many products and services as advanced wants for comfortability and satisfaction, (iii) dreams to realize many individual and collective desires to enjoy and get happiness to acquire the status of super‐human with three desired abilities as (i) ubiquitous, (ii) omnipotent, and (iii) immortal. Both NT and ICCT can work together to realize the basic needs, advanced wants, dreamy desires at an affordable cost in the near future [90]. Since, based on our prediction of the ability of these two technologies to convert humans into super‐humans in the process of transforming society by serving and solving everyone's problems, they are collectively called Universal technology [91]. This integration of ICCT and NT into Universal technology allows us to solve all the above three kinds of problems in society.