Upcoming technologies in Mechanical Engineering?

Mechatronics, robotics and MEMS (micro electro mechanical sytems), seem to be it.

Mechanical engineering has several sub-divisions and the future developments and enhancements are going to be a mashup of several disciplines of engineering. Robotics for example is advancing at a rapid pace and the efforts are ongoing to make them human-like.

Automobile sector, which is another offshoot of the mechanical engineering is taking leaps towards more fuel efficient engines and even exploring ways to employ green, environment friendly fuels.

Nanotechnology is also rapidly finding ways into several applications which are directly or indirectly related to mechanical engineering. The best way to keep updated with the developments is to follow engineering related blogs; CrazyEngineers VoiCE, for example.