Pantoticon posts about the World Future Society (WFS) and their predictions for 2010 to 2050.I didn't even know this society existed - but now that I do, their list is pretty cool. My favorite? Definitely the 3-D tv. I love 3-D movies and go to ALL of them. Although - if I had a 3-D tv you might not get me off the couch!
Here are the predictions:
- The Race for Genetic Enhancements Will Be What the Space Race Was in the 20th Century
- Water Becomes the New Oil
- WiMAX Networks Will Soon Create Country-Wide Wireless Internet Access
- By 2025, the Worldwide Average Life-Span Will Be Extended by One year Per Year
- Bioviolence Becomes a Greater Threat
- Invention Becomes Automated
- Japan Dominates the Race for Personal Robots
- Holographic 3-D TV
- The Holy Grail of Computers Becomes a Reality
- Electric Cars Become Fully Practical by 2020
- Religion Growing in China while Secularism Grows in the Middle East
- New Oil from Old Wells
- Green Gold: Algae’s Huge Potential as Biofuel
- Nanotechnology May Alter the Value of Diamonds and Other Precious Commodities
- The Millennial Generation Will Have Major Impacts on Society
- Quantum Computers Revolutionalize Information Around 2021
- Breakthrough DOUBLES Solar Energy Output
- Consumers Will Take Active Roles in Inventing New Products and Services
- Virtual Education to Enter the Mainstream by 2015
- Genetic Research May Soon Conquer Most Inherited Diseases
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