Monday 18 July 2011

What will the future be like?

Here is a timeline of what I think will happen in the future. These dates are assemble from various sources, including:
  • Wikipedia
  • Tea Leaf Reading
  • Gut Instinct
  • More Wikipedia
  • Did I Mention Wikipedia?
  • Wolfram|Alpha
  • Wikipedia
That's about it, actually.Wait, I think I forgot Wikipedia. Nevermind. These dates are in chronological order, by the way.

2011: Today
2011: Opening of the first commercial spaceport.
2011: Tiangong 1 is launched
2013: Tiangong 2 is launched
2013: Robots that can farm
2013: Robots that can care for old people
2014: Tiangong 3 is launched
2014: 2-D circuit boards are reaching their limits
2014: 1/3 of US Army is robots
2017: Robots that can care for sick patients
2017: Robots that can do all housework
2018: Food prices begin to fall
2019: China launches a 20 ton space station
2019: Commercial nanobots
2019: Video games indistinguishable from reality
2020: Cure for cancer
2020: The average chocolate bar costs £17.64
2025: Full brain simulations
2031: First space elevator
2035: Fully automatic robotic soldiers
2100: 50% of all languages are gone
2200: Only 150 languages remain
2605: Population of Mars hits 8 million

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