*☆Timeline of the Future! Only the Good Parts☆* (Tech)

[BradyBConner]

Subscribe, discuss, and keep this thread bumped!
Repping isn't mandatory, but always welcome. The editing takes a while.


The aim of this thread is to take you on a wild, unique trip into the future.
I've edited the source website so only the truly fascinating ( and hopeful ) stuff will unfold quickly before your eyes. It should be a thrilling read.
Please give me some time for parts II and III etc.( the really good parts )
The first of many compelling predictions that inspired this thread was -

2025 AD For those under the age of 50, there is now real and genuine hope of being able to live indefinitely.
i'll explain later...

LINK - futuretimeline.net/index.htm
The first part will be the "boring part" 2012 - early 2020


2014 AD

The Internet has a greater reach than television

Citizens in developed nations now rely on the Internet more than any other medium for news coverage. This trend* first became apparent in the early 2000s, when radio was overtaken by Internet usage. The rapid shift towards web-based information then began to affect print media, with newspaper sales being heavily impacted.

By 2014, the trend has continued, with even television now having less reach when it comes to news reporting. Television and the Internet are in fact converging together as one. Social media, mobile technologies and exponential bandwidth improvements have driven much of this change.



The Large Hadron Collider reaches its maximum operating power



Terabyte SD cards are available

SD cards and other memory devices continue to grow exponentially this decade, with storage capacities doubling roughly every year. A terabyte is equal to 1000 gigabytes.



2015 AD

The world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste city

The first phase of Masdar City - a $22 billion eco-project - is completed in 2015. This huge development is located outside of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Entirely pre-planned and self-contained, it is the world's first carbon neutral, zero waste and fully sustainable city. A multitude of green technologies are utilised - including a solar power plant, rooftop photovoltaics, wind farms, geothermal sources and a hydrogen power plant. The city's water needs are fulfilled by a solar-powered desalination plant. There are extensive recycling systems too.

Masdar City will initially be home to around 7,000 residents and 15,000 commuters. Its commercial sector is primarily concerned with the manufacture of environmentally-friendly products. Automobiles are banned from the city, residents instead using integrated forms of mass transit and personal rapid transit. It is connected to the rest of Abu Dhabi through rail and existing roadways. It contains a university and an institute of science and technology.

Masdar City will undergo major expansion. The final phase of the project will be completed by 2025, covering an area of 6 sq km (2.3 sq mi). By then, it will contain over 50,000 residents and 1,500 businesses.
Masdar City Ariel Fly Through



3D printing is a mainstream consumer product

Until recently, this technology was extremely expensive - upwards of $15,000 per machine - and limited to use in industrial prototyping, product design, medical modeling and architectural models.* However, plummeting costs are now making it affordable to consumers.**

Rather than using ink on paper, these machines can actually "print" 3D objects. This is achieved by melting nylon powder and then shaping it based on computer instructions.

Countless different items can be produced – from ********* and decorative giftware, to children's toys, kitchenware, replacement plugs, hooks, pipes, fittings, flooring and other household essentials.

Users can download new items and configurations from the Web.* Artists and hobbyists can even create their own, using these printers in combination with 3D scanners and modeling software.

In addition to falling costs, another reason that home 3D printing has taken off rapidly is that there is very little manufacturing being done in America and various other countries anymore. As a result, there is little or no pressure by manufacturing special interests against it.

In the decades ahead, this technology will evolve into nanofabricators, capable of reproducing items with atomic precision within minutes. It will ultimately lead to matter replicators with near-instantaneous production of virtually any object – including foodstuffs.
uPrint Personal 3D Printer - Graphics Systems Corp



Scientists resurrect the woolly mammoth


2016 AD

New drug delivery methods for brain-related conditions



2017 AD

Tooth regeneration is transforming dental care



Portable medical lasers that seal wounds

Handheld, Star Trek-style devices that can seal wounds are now seeing widespread use. A specially controlled laser works in combination with a blood protein called albumin. Heated at just the right temperature, this forms a natural "glue" after the skin has cooled. Using this method allows a wound to be stronger, water-tight and less likely to scar than traditional stitches.
Following several years of development, they are used in many hospitals now.



Teleportation of simple molecules

For a number of years, scientists had been teleporting individual atoms and particles of light. By this date, the first molecules such as water and carbon dioxide have been teleported. This will be followed in the 2030s by complex organic molecules such as DNA and proteins.



More soon.

[PlsGtfo]

seems legit. still pretty cool.

[Comboking]

in on first page

[Antagonist388]

interesting, but i'm calling total bs on a lot of it

[Seldini]

Awesome, in on dis

[BradyBConner]

2018 AD

A drug to prevent obesity

A drug that lets people eat whatever they want without gaining weight is being developed.* This works by "switching off" the fat insulin receptor gene. Though initially expensive, there is enormous demand for this product, which leads to a major drop in obesity levels throughout the developed world - especially in countries like the USA, which until now had been experiencing a crisis in this regard. Average life expectancy is increased as a result, since there are less people dying of heart-related illnesses.



2019 AD

Bionic Eye



Connected vehicle technology is being deployed in a number of countries
By communicating with each other and the roadway infrastructure, cars now have greatly improved safety, while traffic congestion and carbon emissions are reduced. In fact, the technology is so effective that in some countries, accident fatalities are cut by 80%.



Acute spinal injuries are fully treatable



2020 AD

Generation X is reshaping global politics

As the new decade begins, a fresh generation of leaders and decision-makers is now emerging on the world stage. With the last of the Silent Generation passing away, and the Baby Boomers waning in their influence, the so-called "Generation X" is coming into power.

Born between the late 1960s and early 1980s, Gen-Xers are more heterogeneous than previous groups: diverse in race, class, culture and ethnicity. They are more liberal and progressive than their parents,* with less respect for rules, authority and established policies. They are less likely to be religious. For most or all of their lives, they have grown up surrounded by computers – making them savvy and comfortable with technology, flexible and more open to new ideas. They have more concern for the environment, are more likely to believe in climate change and are generally more accepting of science.

Angry at the social, political and economic legacy bequeathed to them, the Gen-Xers are using their newfound power to build a different kind of world. They are no longer willing to bow to the demands of the Baby Boomers - who many feel have robbed them of their future. They are also not willing to let the Millennials (Generation Y) get a free ride when it comes to paying their fair share.*

From 2020 onwards, there is a shift of money and resources away from senior citizens and towards those in their middle years. Property and inheritance laws, pensions, retirement plans and a number of elderly benefits undergo significant changes, as Gen-Xers work to stem the gap between themselves and their parents.

Banks and financial institutions are finally reformed this decade - though not without a fight, and not to the extent that many voters would prefer. However, there is now at least some focus on long term accountability, rather than short term profits and risk-taking. Employees gain more rights, freedoms and flexibility in the workplace, with offices becoming more casual and informal. Social media and other technologies continue to drive the spread of democracy around the world.

Thanks to the Gen-Xers, many countries begin to relax their laws on private recreational drug use, gay marriage, prostitution, euthanasia and so on. Legalisation and taxation of cannabis adds significantly to government revenues whilst helping to lower crime rates. Scientific research and environmental protection are given higher priorities. These trends were emerging in any case, but are now being accelerated by the Gen-Xers.



Internet use reaches 5 billion worldwide

The number of Internet users has now reached almost 5 billion - equivalent to the entire world's population in 1987. This compares with 1.7 billion users in 2010 and only 360 million in 2000.



Texting by thinking



Complex organ replacements grown from stem cells
As well as the heart, various other organs are developed over the subsequent decade: lungs, livers, kidneys, spleens, stomachs and sexual organs all become available by 2030. Internal organ failure is gradually becoming a thing of the past; for those who can afford the treatments, at least.

Combined with new vitrification techniques (which allow organ banking without damage from ice crystal formation), this is a major breakthrough in longevity extension.



Part II will follow...

[RedSoxBrah]

Neat. In for later reading

[nick187]

YES !!!

Where is WW 3 ?

[EpicLevelWizard]

Subbed

[Hrcules]

in on live forever.

inb4 heart attack

[BradyBConner]

2022 AD

Nanotech clothing is growing in popularity

A variety of nanotech clothing is becoming mainstream now. This includes the first truly waterproof garments. These are made from polyester fibres coated with millions of silicone filaments. They are structured in such a way that water simply falls off, without leaving any dampness.*

Other textiles utilising nanotechnology include self-cleaning carpets. Millions of tiny fingers, embedded in the fabric, gently sway and lean towards the edge of the room, shifting dust and other garbage in a matter of minutes. Collectors fixed into the skirting board then gather and dispose of any detritus as necessary. This has already been used in hotels, luxury apartments and high-grade office buildings - but is now entering the consumer market thanks to falling costs.

Nanotech is also being used extensively by the military, as well as police forces. Ultra-lightweight but extraordinarily impact-resistant jackets and body armour are becoming available. Fireproof suits can also be made safer using these new materials.



Piezoelectric nanowires are appearing in high-end products

The piezoelectric effect, in which crystalline materials under mechanical stress produce an electric current, is now being utilised at the nanoscale level to power a variety of devices.*

Tiny vibrations - such as those created by wind, sound waves, friction, and even the turbulence of blood flow - can be captured and harnassed by a nanowire mesh. The bending of this mesh in response to these subtle forces can generate over 200 millivolts.

This form of self-powering technology is so sensitive, it can even be embedded in clothing. For instance, the subtle movements of a belt, shirt or trouser pocket can produce enough power to charge the batteries of a cell phone.

Implantable medical devices benefit particularly well from this. Hearing aids, for example, no longer require batteries since they can be powered by sound waves hitting them. Meanwhile, bone-loss monitors and other sensors can be activated by stresses to the body - then beam an alert signal to a computer.

Piezoelectric nanowires have a range of other applications. They can be used in engineering, for example, to detect microscopic fractures in an aeroplane or spacecraft. They can also be used in identity verification: a grid of piezoelectric wires underneath a signature pad (or other touchscreen device) can be used to record the pattern of pressure applied, which is then checked against a database.



Deafness is fully curable

Recent advances in stem cell research have provided a method of regenerating sensory cells within the inner ear. Humans are born with 30,000 cochlear and vestibular hair cells per ear. Unlike many animal species, they are unable to regenerate these when they are damaged. However, experiments with mice showed that it was possible to induce stem cells - as well as reprogrammed fibroblasts - into creating enough replacement hair cells to fully restore hearing. This process was then replicated in people.*

Using the patient's own skin as a source of stem cells means that the replacements are a perfect genetic match for their body, avoiding issues of immune rejection. This form of therapy also enables a variety of other ailments to be treated, such as balance disorders and tinnitus.


2025 AD

Human brain simulations are becoming possible

The exponential growth of computer processing power has made it possible to form accurate models of every part of the human brain.* Between 2000 and 2025, there is a millionfold increase in computational power, along with vastly improved scanning resolution and bandwidth.

Until recently, only separate regions of the brain had been fully modelled - but scientists are now able to combine them into one giant, complete simulation. Like the Human Genome Project of the 1990s, there were many in the scientific community who doubted the brain could be mapped so quickly. Once again, they failed to account for the exponential growth of information technology (rather than linear).



Medical nanobots are being developed

Nano-scale robots - orders of magnitude smaller than earlier micro-sized versions - are being developed as part of efforts to improve healthcare. In some countries they have reached the human trial stage and will soon be approved by government. Utilised in medical research and treatments, their size will enable them to reach places in the body that were simply inaccessible before or too delicate for conventional instruments to operate on.

In the coming years, the most important breakthroughs will be in the treatment of cancer. Using nanobots, it will be possible to detect tumours earlier than ever before and target them with far more precision. In the 2030s, over 90% of cancers will be cured as a result of this. Even patients who would previously have been classed as "terminally ill" will routinely be saved. Monitoring of heart conditions, neurological disorders and many other illnesses will also improve dramatically. Combined with enormous strides in stem cell research, this will create a new generation of medical treatments reaching a whole new level of sophistication and efficiency.

The nanobots themselves are built on a molecule-by-molecule basis, via positionally-controlled diamond mechanosynthesis and diamondoid nanofactories. Each robot is capable of propelling itself using tiny motors and is equipped with microscopic sensing, guidance and communication devices.




Vertical farms are appearing in cities

In an effort to deal with potential food and water shortages, many cities are now building vertical farms.* There are tremendous cost advantages of sourcing food locally, and the farms often use genetic modification processes, allowing them to harvest crops faster.



Progress with longevity extension

The potential for radical life extension is beginning to enter the public consciousness. Experiments at a university have yielded the first 10 year old mice. This robust rejuvenation is a major step towards halting the ageing process in people, since mice and humans share similar DNA.*

For those under the age of 50, there is now real and genuine hope of being able to live indefinitely. Though a permanent cure for humans is still many years away, a number of therapies are now in development which can greatly reduce the cell damage, mitochondrial mutations and other adverse effects of ageing. These temporary measures can be used to buy time for the more dramatic advances in the years ahead - creating a "bridge" to the next era of medical breakthroughs.

This period sees the beginning of major public interest and awareness of the subject. At the same time, however, there is a great deal of opposition from religious institutions and conservative groups.


more on this later

Wireless electricity is ubiquitous

All electric/electronic appliances now have antennas in place of batteries, and draw power from a single power node mounted in the ceiling of a room – eliminating the need for multiple wall sockets and bulky cables. This greatly reduces clutter in homes and offices.

A magnetic coil is housed in a small box, which can be set into a wall or ceiling. Powered by mains, this resonates at a specific frequency. Electromagnetic waves are transmitted through the air. These are received by a second magnetic coil, fitted in the laptop/TV or other appliance. This resonates at the same frequency as the first coil and absorbs energy, charging the product.

This technology began with small, short-range devices such as phone charger pads and electric toothbrush holders. Improving efficiency made it possible to beam power over distances of many metres. This allowed it to spread to larger and more energy-hungry products, such as televisions, computers and even vehicles. A universal standard was also adopted – ensuring compatibility and greatly expanding its mass market appeal.

The system is completely safe to humans. By the late 2020s, it is ubiquitous in homes and workplaces throughout the developed world.

Eventually, power lines begin to disappear from streets, with electricity passed wirelessly from building to building. Laptop users in cafes and airport terminals are able to utilise "WiTricity" hotspots. This does for battery life what WiFi did for the Internet.

[2soon]

hopefully the organ and the other health related things will happen

[BradyBConner]

2028 AD

Printed electronics are ubiquitous

The printed electronics market has seen exponential growth. By now, it has ballooned to over $300 billion globally - even overtaking the silicon integrated circuit industry.

This technology began with a small number of niche, high-end products. It expanded rapidly in the 2010s, thanks to plummeting costs and improved production methods. By the 2020s it had exploded into the mainstream – creating a whole new generation of ultra-thin electronics.

Today, these have such low fabrication costs that they are ubiquitous, being present in countless everyday business and consumer applications. Many previously bulky and heavy devices can now be folded, stored or carried as easily as sheets of paper. This includes flexible TV displays that can be rolled or hung like posters, wearable mobile phones, electronic newspapers with moving pictures, disposable netbooks, "smart" packaging and labels with animated text, signage in retail outlets that can be updated shop-wide at the touch of a button.

Multimedia players with expandable, fold-out touchscreens are especially popular. Even low-end models are now the size and weight of credit cards and can easily fit inside a wallet. With petabytes of storage, gigapixels of screen resolution and superfast transfer speeds, they are millions of times more powerful than iPods of previous decades. They are also completely wireless - no cables or physical connections of any kind are required, and music can be enjoyed using wireless earphones.



Amputees can regrow lost limbs
(loony pls)
Drugs are now available that can stimulate human cells to regrow entire limbs.* By switching off a particular gene known as P21, adult mammalian cells can be induced to behave like regenerative embryonic stem cells.*

The treatments are applied transiently during the healing process and only locally at the wound site, minimising any side effects. Further into the future, even damaged brains will be fully regenerated, using this and other methods.



2029 AD

Human-like AI is becoming a reality

A major milestone is reached in the field of AI this year, as a computer passes the Turing Test for the first time. This test is conducted by a human judge who is made to engage in a natural language conversation with one human and one machine, each of which tries to appear human. The participants are placed in isolated locations.

Information technology has seen exponential growth for many decades. This has created vast improvements in memory, processing power, software algorithms, voice recognition and overall machine intelligence. It has now reached the stage where an independent judge is literally unable to tell which is the real human and which is not. Answers to certain "obscure" questions posed by the judge may appear childlike or stupid from the AI - but they are humanlike nonetheless.



End of Part II and we haven't even got started. Don't worry I'll address the practical immortality thing.

Part III will follow... ( that's where it gets interesting )

[JordanBrah]

[MisterDiapers]

cool

[AintMad]

in 4 epic thread

[BradyBConner]

part 3 incoming.


**** about to get cray

[BradyBConner]

2030 AD

AI is widespread

Despite the recent economic disruption, technology is continuing to accelerate exponentially. By 2030, the pace of change is so great that it seems as if an entire century of progress has already occurred in the first three decades of the 21st century. Scientific breakthroughs appear to be happening with startling frequency now - especially in the fields of computing, nanotechnology, medicine and neuroscience.

Workplaces are becoming highly automated, with tremendous improvements in speed, productivity and efficiency. Ever-increasing use of portable, wireless devices has led to the evolution of near-paperless offices. Meanwhile, the need for hyperfast exchange of information has created enormous demand for video conferencing. This trend is reinforced by significant reductions in air travel, due to both spiralling fuel costs and environmental concerns.

Many companies are downsizing their administrative departments and replacing them with AI. This is particularly true of call centres and other service-based roles, where customers often deal face-to-face with "virtual employees" based on automated software. Crude versions of these had been utilised as far back as the 1990s - activated by simple voice commands - but many are now being presented onscreen as fully conversant entities.


Though lacking much in the way of personality, these sentient programs talk with "perfect" voices and are very pleasant on the ears.* They have a multitude of menu options and can usually deal with almost any query - however specific or unusual - thanks to their advanced voice and facial recognition software, in combination with extremely powerful database systems.

As competition increases, these virtual employees become a powerful marketing tool in the bid to provide the best possible customer service. In addition to mainstream companies, the adult entertainment industry gains a huge advantage from them, with enormous demand for their services. Research and development into artificial intelligence (and related hardware/software) increases greatly during this period. An added benefit of interacting with these virtual people is the elimination of caller queuing, since there is no need for physical staff anymore.

With AI playing a stronger role in society, concerns begin to arise of a "technological singularity" - as forecast by Ray Kurzweil and others. These fears prove to be exaggerated for now, in a manner similar to the Millenium Bug.


AIDS, cancer and a number of other diseases are becoming curable

The combination of stem cell research, synthetic genomics, nanotechnology and other breakthroughs has led to cures for a wide range of illnesses by now - including AIDS/HIV, the majority of cancers, motor neurone disease, arthritis and diabetes. Although Parkinson's and Alzheimer's have yet to be fully understood, dramatic progress is now being made thanks to reverse-engineering of the human brain.*

The growth of information technology in medicine has played an enormous role here. Ongoing, exponential gains in the scale, capacity and price performance of computer hardware (doubling annually) have transformed the ability to scan, analyse and decode the human body.

The tools to reprogram the information processes underlying biology are gaining a further boost from the growth of strong AI. This is being used to greatly accelerate research efforts. Automated software programs now combine the subtlety of humans with the speed, memory and knowledge sharing of non-biological intelligence.



Full weather modeling is perfected

Zettaflop-scale computing is now available which is a thousand times more powerful than computers of 2020 and a million times more powerful than those of 2010. One field seeing particular benefit during this time is meteorology. Weather forecasts can be generated with 99% accuracy over a two week period.* Satellites can map wind and rain patterns in real time at phenomenal resolution - from square kilometres in previous decades, down to square metres with today's technology. Global warming, climate modeling and sea level predictions can also be achieved with greater detail than ever before, offering greater certainty about the long-term outlook for the planet.



Web 4.0 is transforming the Internet landscape

Further convergence of the online and physical world has led to the emergence of "Web 4.0" - the next generation of internet. Semantic analyzing programs, having evolved into forms of AI, now perform a huge range of automated tasks for business, government and consumers. Running on massively parallel networks, these applications hunt for textual and visual data - combining the most subtle capabilities of humans (such as pattern recognition) with ways in which machines are already vastly superior (such as speed and memory).*

In addition to serving as highly advanced search engines, they are playing a major function in the real world - gathering information from the array of sensors, cameras and other tracking devices now present in the environment, on vehicles, and even on people themselves.

Although privacy and civil liberties issues are being raised, this new generation of IT promises to bring enormous benefits to society. Crimes are faster and easier to solve thanks to these intelligent virtual agents; transport and logistics are smoother and more efficient; resources can be managed and distributed more accurately.

In addition, practically every physical document in existence has now been digitally encoded, backed up and archived online. This includes full copies of all books, journals, manuscripts and other literature ever published – forming a complete repository of human knowledge going back thousands of years. These documents can be retrieved and analysed using real-time speech commands, translated from any of the world's 6,000 languages and accessed via 3D holographic imaging.

Web 4.0 is also democratising the Internet more than ever before. News agencies are finding themselves increasingly outmoded by bloggers and other social media when it comes to speed and accuracy of information.



Stem cell pharmacies are commonplace

Stem cell pharmacies are now a common sight on high streets. These offer walk-in diagnosis, stem-cell collection and banking services for use in future medical crises. Cheap, personalised and targeted treatments are available for the rapid regeneration of body parts and organs.



Terabit internet speeds are commonplace

In addition to the benefits resulting from Web 4.0 (described earlier), connection speeds have also vastly improved. Bandwidth has been growing by roughly 50% each year. Many households in the developed world now have a terabit connection.* A significant number of these connections are now appearing on people themselves, in the form of wearable or implantable devices.



2033 AD

Holographic wall screens

Conference halls, movie theatres, stadiums and other such environments are now utilising holographic wall screens. These are basically larger and more sophisticated versions of the TV projectors which have been in use since 2020. At this stage, they remain too expensive for mainstream use in the home (except for luxury apartments owned by the rich). However, they are a relatively common sight in public venues and workplaces. Times Square in New York, Piccadilly Circus in London, and Shibuya in Tokyo now feature spectacular advertisement displays, with graphics appearing to literally "jump out" of the screen.



2035 AD

Self-driving vehicles are widespread

In many developed countries, a new generation of self-driving vehicles is emerging. These use a combination of advanced GPS, AI and lane-changing technology to carry passengers to their destination automatically. As well as improving road safety, most of these cars are electric, or hybrid electric, reducing their impact on the environment.




more to come!

[AintMad]

part 3 incoming.


**** about to get cray

you must be aware of michio kaku OP or im gonna haunt ya down.

[sups31]

for the people in this thread....why not just read the actual site instead of waiting?

[BeastMode101]

Youre on spread from me. Good thread

Regarding the organs i saw somewhere thst theyre working on printing them.

[BradyBConner]

you must be aware of michio kaku OP or im gonna haunt ya down.

Aware

for the people in this thread....why not just read the actual site instead of waiting?

You could, i'm just making it easier to read and picking out the most interesting ones.

Plus you can discuss it here.

Youre on spread from me. Good thread

Regarding the organs i saw somewhere thst theyre working on printing them.

thanks brah. Sweet, early is always better.

[SecretMiscer]

Look at what people thought we would be at in 1920s or even in the 50s sadly it never works out the way we plan

[MattySinz]

this has never been posted before That website is just depressing as fuk cause we were all still born about 75 years too soon before good shti.

[kvizzel]

in on the future

[BradyBConner]

Look at what people thought we would be at in 1920s or even in the 50s sadly it never works out the way we plan

Aware yourself on moore's law brah. A lot of these predictions are based on it.

watch this (very informative)






Another great vid is

[SecretMiscer]

will watch srs, subbed to thread.

[BradyBConner]

Holographic recreations of dead people

Throughout this time many dead celebrities, presidents and historical figures from the past are "resurrected" online, via the immense AI and supercomputing powers now available. This phenomenon is aided by the recent human brain simulations that have been made possible. Data mining of every single word ever spoken, written, or otherwise recorded by the person is undertaken, then analysed to recreate their character traits and emotions. This allows the construction of a highly accurate "shell" personality, surrounding a generic "core" program, run as an entirely independent AI simulation.

The project sparks much controversy when first announced (especially among the religious community) but soon gains momentum, as a whole host of actors, musicians, artists, scientists, politicians and other individuals from the past are made available.* Advanced holographic techniques - combined with real-time audio-visual interaction - make them appear as lifelike as any other person alive in the world today.

This form of computerised resurrection is soon extended and made possible for ordinary citizens wishing to preserve a loved one in digital form; though once again, it is more popular among the non-religious (and the process is generally less accurate, since the average person tends to leave behind less data, written words, video recordings and other information for use in constructing the programs). The technology involved is also expensive. It is used only by the rich for now - or in certain public locations such as museums, galleries and other venues.



2036 AD

In-vitro meat is a rapidly growing industry

Recent advances in tissue engineering have made it possible to "grow" synthetic meat - using single animal cells.* This was first sold to the public in the late 2020s.* After years of further testing and refinement, a wide range of different meat products are available. It is now a rapidly expanding market, especially in drought-affected regions.

In-vitro meat has a number of advantages. Being just a lump of cultivated cells, it is produced without harm or cruelty to animals. It is unusually pure and healthy whilst retaining the original flavour, texture and appearance of traditional meat. Perhaps most importantly, it requires far less water and energy to produce, greatly lessening the impact on the environment.

Like GM crops, political and psychological hurdles delayed its introduction to consumers. The emerging food crisis, however, along with endorsements from animal welfare groups, later gave impetus to its development. Though still years away from completely replacing traditional meat, it is now a mainstream product in many countries.



Alzheimer's disease is fully curable

New treatments for Alzheimer's developed in the 2020s reduced the risk of acquiring the disease by more than half.* Thanks to pioneering efforts, a further decade of progress has yielded what may be considered an effective cure. Drawing from a myriad of long-term studies, researchers have identified the precise mechanisms and processes involved in the loss of neurons and synapses in the cerebral cortex and subcortical regions. Faulty genes can be "switched off" with a new generation of drugs, while the brain itself can be regenerated using stem cells.**

This breakthrough was aided in part by reverse-engineering of the human brain, which provided researchers with a complete model of its neurological system down to the cellular level. Nanobots - first developed in 2025 - are now seeing widespread use in medical establishments and these machines can precisely target individual cells.**

The ability to combat Alzheimer's is one of the great success stories of the 2030s. It comes at a time when dementia rates are soaring: with an ageing population, the number of cases was predicted to quadruple by 2050.



2037 AD

Quantum computers are widely available

Most government agencies, universities and research institutes now have access to this revolutionary technology, which offers spectacular computing speed and power on a completely different scale to anything used before. These machines work by making direct use of quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. In addition to being trillions of times faster than earlier computers, they can be made absolutely secure, too. The machines' encryption techniques are virtually unbreakable, due to the almost unimaginable number of instructions being executed simultaneously.



2038 AD

Teleportation of complex organic molecules

In the early 2000s, scientists were able to transfer particles of light (with zero mass) over short distances. Further experiments in quantum entanglement led to successful teleportation of the first complete atom. This was followed by the first molecules, consisting of multiple atoms. By the late 2030s, the first complex organic molecules such as DNA and proteins are being teleported.

[Nigroleone]

Sounds legit. They said we'd have flying cars by now. We're still killing each other over oil.

Hopefully we get our act together, but not likely. Humans are wired to overreach, and with it comes that dere greed.

[SpartanTraining]

stick to science and out of politics

brb using science thread to rail against baby boomers

come on now

good thread tho