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Future Technology Predictions

 

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How far will technology advance in 20, 30, even 50 years from now? How will it affect our lives? Here are some technologies and scenarios predicted by science fiction writers, futurists, technology experts, and visitors to this site.

These predictions are merely signposts on the winding road of technological progress. The choices we make today, both as individuals and as a society, will determine the kind of future we ultimately create. So, let's embrace the possibilities, navigate the challenges responsibly, and use technology to build a brighter tomorrow for all.

Artificial Intelligence

Intelligent machines
The Singularity
Computers that predict the future
Original music from software/machines
Computer mediators that resolve legal disputes
Machines/robots given rights
Planet sized A.I. machine
I-bots, or AIs that exist only on the Internet
Artificial animal intelligence
AI journalism
Ai sports (robots playing football, racing)
Autonomous transportation
Autonomous exploration
Human-like conversation with AI
Smart Assistants
Facial recognition and image labeling
AI Educators
AI medical imaging
AI human resources
Computer vision
Data mining
AI financial traders
Customer service (chatbots)

Biotech/Medicine

Extended/eternal life
Synthetic life
Repairing/manipulating DNA
Growing organs
Designer babies
Designer bodies
Personalized drugs
Gene therapy/manipulation
Biostasis - Cryogenic sleep
Human cloning
Virtual/robot medicine
Instant pain relief
Bionic implants to allow for extreme strength
Age reversal
Synthetic organs
Enhanced senses
Alteration of our bodies in superhuman ways
Bionic limbs
Chimeras
Computer generated life - design a tree, generate a seed
Creation of new animal and plant species by genetic manipulation
Cloning of extinct species
A capsule that can be swallowed which will cure most diseases
Genetically altered humans that can photosynthesize

Neuroscience

Download your memories/brain
Complete digital record of your life
Mind/emotion control devices
Dream control devices
Brain enhancement implants - memory, telepathy
Transfer of information into the visual cortex or subconscious mind
Artificial telekenesis - an implant to alter physical things with your mind.
Brain Transplants
Tapping into unused parts of the brain
Download training experience, e.g., someone could be able to fly a jet or guide a submarine
Memory/personality manipulation
Brain machine interface

Communication

Instant information
Virtual presence
Wireless everything
One small mobile device does everything
Virtual reality
Internet-connection implant
All media (movies, tv shows, etc.) on-demand
Holographic messages
Language translator implants
Telepathy
Phone implant
Cyberspace telekinesis

Earth

Weather control
Abundant food and water supply from technology
Eco-manipulation (deserts into forests)
Man-made precious materials like gold
Mining of Earth's mantle
Recycling everything
Clean fresh water shortages
Technology is developed to help nature
Carbon capture
Replicate (man-made) planet Earth
Global Warming Stabilizer
Land, air, water pollution clean up robots
Artificial oxygen and ozone layer
Polar caps melt

Computers

Computers equivalent to the human brain
Nanoscale computers everywhere
Optical computers
DNA computers
Quantum computers
Global network
Computers that animals can use
Self editing software
Faster than Light or Instant Data transfer
Laptops built in desks
Computers that never crash, are impervious to all viruses, never a need to reboot
Mind-reading Computers (Computers able to Communicate w/Humans via Thoughts)
Holographic touch screen computers
A computer that can turn into the size of a small sticky note

Food and Agriculture

Plants that can withstand climate change
3D printed food
Lab grown meat
Genetically modified foods
Algea superfood
Robot farmworkers

Chemistry

Replication and/or transformation of one chemical element to another
Super lubricant
Artificial spider silk
Matter Reformation. (trash into food or plastic)
Catoms, or claytronic atoms. Programmable matter

City

Megacities/entire world is one city
Moving/floating/underwater cities
Underground cities
Cities/houses could be one huge organism which can repair itself
Self-constructing buildings
Anti-seismic buildings
Vertical and rooftop farms
Interactive Tourism

Electronics

Transparent electronics
Flexible electronics
Contact lens displays/computers
Holodecks
Wearables
Room temperature superconductors
Three dimensional television
Internet of Things
Language translator devices

Energy

Unlimited renewable energy
Wireless energy
Fusion energy
Solar mirrors beam energy to Earth
Hydrogen planes, trains, and autos
Solar roadways
Better batteries
Solar paint and windows

Home

Printable/self constructing homes and buildings
Intelligent/adaptable fabrics and clothing
Ultrasonic showers
Replicators
All surfaces are disinfecting and cleansing
Walls are digital screens
Soundproof rooms
Smart appliances
Net zero energy
Ubiquitous sensors

Robotics

Personal/care giving/cleaning robots
Nanobots
Robots perform majority of labor jobs
Robot partners (wife/husband)
Sentient robots
Robotic prosthetics
Robots controlled remotely with mind link
Robot pets
Rescue robots
Robot artists and musicians

Society

Cashless society
Transhumanism
Identification/credit card implant
AR advertising
New sports like gaming and drone racing
Everyone is connected
Video tattoos
Biometric identification
Virtual worlds
AI judges

Space

Space elevator
Alien contact
Colonizing space
Mining of the moon/planets/asteroids
Permanent station on Mars with people
Using genetic manipulation to enable humans to live on alien planets
Orbital colonization
Asteroid avoidance system
Planet 9
Fueling stations in space
Space junk removal system

Nanotechnology

Manipulate matter at the atomic scale
Intelligent/adaptable materials
Self replicating machines
Nanoswarms/grey goo
Nanobots
Desktop nano-factories
Frictionless surfaces
Super strength cable
Nanotube sensors
Stain proof clothing

Physics

Artificial black holes
Artificial worm holes
Traveling near the speed of light
Invisibility cloaks
Time machine
Portals to other universes/dimensions
Super strength magnets
Theory of Everything

Transportation

Flying cars
Teleportation
Autonomous vehicles
End of fossil fuels
Smart roads and intersections
Delivery drones
Drone taxis
High speed travel in tubes
Electric city cars
Vehicles communicate with each other and the road

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