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Envisioning the near future of technology

Last updated: 2011-03-29


meeting people is easy Optogenetics Artificial limbs Swarm robotics Utility fog Exoskeletons UAVs Regenerative medicine Domestic robots Stem-cell treatments

Wetware (biofeedback)

Reversal of aging

Programmable matter

Synthetic meat

Nanowires

ROBOTICS

Self-driving vehicles

Vertical agriculture Interplanetary internet Personalized medicine

Carbon nanotubes

Smart cities

Telemedicine Smart toys

BIOTECH

Molecular assembler Intelligence Amplification Biomaterials

MATERIALS
HAPs Biomarkers Semantic web Smart infrastructure Linked data NFC Appliance robots Cermets Memristor Print on demand Metamaterials Self-healing materials Machine translation

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

(CONNECTIVITY)
5G Cloud computing Cyberwarfare Sensors PAN Virtual currencies 4G Virtual property Pervasive video Electronic paper ACRONYMS 3D 4G 5G AR HAP NFC NUI PAN PGS SPIME UAV VASIMR 3D screens and cameras Fourth gen cellular wireless (WiMAX, LTE) Fifth gen cellular wireless Augmented Reality High Altitude Platform Near Field Communication Natural User Interface Personal Area Networks Personal Gene Sequencing An object that can be tracked through space and time Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket Immersive 3D projections Retinal screens Smart clothing Machine vision Fabricembedded screens SPIMES Picoprojectors

INTERNET

Social graph

PGS

3D printing High-frequency trading

Medical diagnostics Natural language interpretation

Space elevator

2025 +

2015 2025

2011 2015

now
(2011)
Tabs & Pads Multi touch Gesture recognition All media on demand

Private spaceflight

2011 2015

Software agents

2015 2025
Space tourism

2025 +

Fuel cells Smart meters Inductive chargers Gamification of media

Ultracapacitors

Bio-enhanced fuels

Multi-segmented smart grids VASIMR Superconducting interties

SPACE

Boards

3D AR

ENERGY
Speech recognition Procedural storytelling

Lunar outpost Nanostructure battery cathodes

UBICOMP
(HARDWARE) (SOFTWARE)
Holography

MEDIA NUI
Haptics Photovoltaics Piezoelectricity Thorium reactors Traveling wave reactor Nanogenerators Kinetic Nuclear

Location-aware media

Photvoltaic glass

Biomechanical harvesting

Telepresence Solar thermal

Artificial photosynthesis Solar

Skin-embedded screens

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