Future technology timeline
BT’s futurology department has compiled a Technology Timeline for the next 60+ years. In the past they’ve correctly predicted text messaging, email spam and internet search engines. Here’s a sample:
2006 - 2010 Emotionally responsive toys. Electronic medical prescriptions. Video tiles.
2008 - 2012 Medicine delivered via fruit. Video tattoos. Heart rate/temperature sensitive fabrics.
2011 - 2015 Self-driving car. Tooth regeneration. Microchips in food.
2013 - 2017 Active make-up. Robots guiding the blind.
2016 - 2020 Electornic life forms get basic rights. Viewers play film roles. Emotion control devices.
2021 - 2025 E-translation. Holographic TVs.
2026 - 2030 3D home printers.
2031 - 2035 Biostasis in space travel. Computer geniuses.
2036 - 2040 Space elevator.
2041 - 2045 Moon base
2046 - 2050 Mars colony. Nuclear fusion.
2051+ Brain downloads.
Technology Timeline, [PDF]
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