2022: HALO OF DATA
“Personalized descriptions of what and who is around you will be available at the push of a button on your smartphone, andalso by default. A ‘halo of data’ will constantly accompany you. This represents the next step beyond augmented reality.”
2023: CURING CANCER
“By 2020, the most common forms ofcancer will be treated with a personalized therapy based on genetic sequencing. A patient’s therapy will be retargeted every six months as a result of resequencing the cancer to track its inevitable evolution.” David Patterson, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.Readers moved this date 1059 times.
2024: PRACTICAL ROBOT CARS
“By 2018, freeway car pool lanes will be opened to robot-driven cars.” Larry Smarr, the founding director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. Readers moved this date 646 times.
2026: PROGRAMMABLE ORGANISMS
“By 2030, reprogrammable tissue and organismal development will arrive. Scientists will design a lifeon a computer and print it out in a laboratory.” Drew Endy, assistant professor in bioengineering at Stanford. Readers moved this date 621 times.
2031: FULL LIFE RECORDING
“Most people will own and use a Personal Life Recorder which will store full video and audio of their daily lives. This will be a fully searchable archive that will radically augment a person’s effective memory.” Jean DesRosiers of Montreal. Readers moved this date 699 times.
2039: DIGITAL ‘LIFE’ AND EVOLUTION
“Systems grow so complex that new computer viruses spontaneously evolve from stray bits of code and transcription errors.” Tim McGovern of Chicago. Readers moved this date 453 times.
2056: CASH IS OUTLAWED
“Cash will become illegal, replacedwith electric currency.” S. Morris Rose of Vancouver, British Columbia. Readers moved this date 993 times.
2058: CYBERNETIC INTELLIGENCE
“Enhanced intelligence will be available to most people through a combination of nanotechnology and embedded processors.” Jason of Washington. Readers moved this date 598 times
2060: FLYING CARS
“By 2040, more people will use personal airvehicles for their daily commute than cars.” Sebastian Thrun, developer of Google’s self-driving car. Readersmoved this date 1338 times.
2063: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
“A computer program is created that has all the features of human intelligence, including emotion, creativity, the ability to learn and self-awareness.” D. Moysey of Boston. Readers moved this date 980 times.
2114: MEMORY BACKUP
“Human memory backup system: the whole brain can be synced to the cloud. Humans can restore and backup their memories to the system. The system can even restore memories into a new body after end of the original owner’s life.” Andrew Kuo of Taiwan. Readers moved this date 952 times.
2259: COLLECTIVE LEARNING
“Old knowledge will not have to be learned; only new knowledge will need to be created. Learningwill become obsolete. All known knowledge will be contained on asupercomputer. Individuals can download all known knowledge pertaining to any subject directly to the brain.” Red Dog of Florida. Readers moved this date 336 times.
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