Sunday, May 20, 2012

The world in 25 years?

Forecasts for the next 25 years from the World Future Society - -
  1. The dust bowls of the twenty-first century will dwarf those seen in the twentieth.
  2. Commercial space tourism will grow significantly during the coming decade.
  3. Nanotechnology offers hope for restoring eyesight.
  4. Robotic earthworms will gobble up garbage.
  5. Learning will become more social and game-based, an online social gaming may soon replace textbooks in schools.
  6. Lunar-based solar power production may be the best way to meet future energy demands.
  7. Machine vision will become available in the next 5 to 15 years, with visual range ultimately exceeding that of the human eye.
  8. Advances in fuel cells will enable deep-sea habitation.
  9. Future buildings may be more responsive to weather fluctuations.
  10. The end of identity as we know it?  It may become very easy to create a new identity (or many identities) for ourselves.
  11. The U.S. rich-poor gap is another disaster waiting to happen - - probably around 2020.
  12. Dig very deep, and you will find enough geothermal energy to power the world.
  13. The future is full of bicycles.
  14. The Internet will automatically search itself so you don't have to.
  15. Livable, economically viable manufacturing site could be built on the Moon.
  16. Look for surprising strategic alliance across the globe.
  17. Robotic surgeons will use bioprinters to repair and replace your organs.
  18. Humans will eventually "lose" the race with robots.
  19. Climate change threatens to displace up to 70 million Bangladeshis.
  20. Future human societies may be divided between augmented and nonaugmented breeds.

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