Wednesday 15 February 2012

Business & Innovation - 21st Century Trends (15 February 2012)

Look at the future according to:
Futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/

2013
Solar flares / China overtakes USA in scientific research / Gaia mission launched
3D technologies / Memrister tech / Mandatory body scanners / High speed rail London to Europe / Nanometre chips / Falcon Heavy / Chandrayaan-2 launch

2014
Internet for news coverage / World trade centre completion / Shanghai Tower /
World Cup in Brazil / Solar powered craft circumnavigation / Panama Canal extension
Personalised DNA sequencing for under $100 / PS4 / Terabyte SC cards
Robotic pack mules / Test flight of NASA Orion spacecraft / MAVEN probe / Rosetta Lander / Internet calls mainstream / Retail automation mainstream

2015
Global economic depression continues / Virtual reality return - 3D/hires graphics / Tiger exctinction threat / Millenium Development Goals / Expo 2015 Milan / Masdar City / Lunar tourist / High-tech Supercarriers / Solar updraft towers / Gay marriage legal in UK / Lithium-Ion batteries / 3D printing goes mainstream (later potential for nanofabricators/matter replicators) /
OLED screens widespread / 10nanometre chips / resurrection of wooly mammoth / Lifesaver bottles / Cartaret Islands abandoned in PNG / New Horizons arrives at Pluto / Dawn arrives at Ceres /

2016
China passes US in PPP / Euro 2016 in France / Rio Olympic Games (4 years of portuguese) / Apple Inc profits / Fuel efficient US vehicles / India manned space flight / First hotel in Space / Juno arrives in Jupiter / Agricultural robots on farms / Laser guns in Naval use / Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) / i5k project completed / Strait of Messina Bridge completed / Chinese environmental cleanup / US presidential election / Gotthard Base Tunnel completed /

2017
EU expansion / Yemen Crisis / China megacity in Guangdong / 1km high skyscraper / FLNG platform in Australia / Nabucco pipeline completed / Dibang Valley Dam / Solar eclipse of USA / China Moon exploration project / NASA Space Launch System / Electric vehicles mass-produced / Electronic paper widespread / Traditional newspapers start obselence / Molecule teleportation

2018
Missile Defence shield in Europe / African Central Bank / Oil drilling in Arctic / FIFA cup Russia / James Webb telescope launched / Anti-obesity drug / Crossrail London
City Circle Line Copenhagen / Transbay Transit Center San Francisco / Robot Surgery / Robot insects / Ubiquitous internet nodes / Consumer devices with 100gb transfer speeds / Scientist drill into Earth's mantle / Mackenzie Valley Pipeline completed in Canada / Market for biofuels growing / Nigeria rainforests felled /

2019
China's first high-tech stealth fighter / ITER expiremental fusion reactor / International Linear Collider / ExoMars rover / Acute spinal injuries fully treatable / Exaflop barrier / Bionic eyes / Connected vehicle technology / Automated freight transport / Lunar-resonant streetlights / US copyright begins to expire, starting with works from 1923 / Jordan nuclear power plant / Aral Sea dissapears / Oil demand is outpacing supply /

2020
World Energy Crisis / Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide / 5G Wireless standard / Text by thinking / Organ replacements from stem cells / Ultra High Definition TV / Holographic TV / Sweden becomes an oil-free country / HK MTR expanded / Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link (road tunnel) / Glacier regions in USA becoming ice-free / BepiColombo orbits Mercury / Exponential growth in Computer power / Smart meters in every UK home /

2021
Water crisis / Warming / Insect swarm in Eastern US / Mind-reading technology / Resuable single-stage to orbit spacecraft / Telecommuting is a standard flexible work option / Microchip miniaturisation /

2020s in general
Qatar hosts world cup / China's first space station / European Extremely Large Telescope / Nanotech clothing / Piezoelectric nanowires appearing in high-end products / Deafness is fully curable / Laser-driven fusion energy / Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary / Borneo rainforests threatened / Refuge crisis - Bangladesh / Square kilometre array / Petabyte storage devices / Threat of bio-terrorism peaking / Medical nanobots / Chinese economy boom and megacities / Vertical farms in cities / High-speed rail networks / Longevity extension / Soaring stress levels / Aquaculture fishing / Wireless electricity is ubiquitous / Sagrada familia completed / Europa Jupiter Space mission / BRICS overtake G7 / Carbon sequestration / Peak coal in China / Printed electronics everywhere / UK population at 70 million / UAV fighter planes / regenerated limbs / Human AI / Intelligent advertising / Lake Chad dissapears /

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