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2009 site updates

31st December

• 2010 - Iran is on the brink of revolution

• 2011 - Humanitarian crisis in Somalia

• 2016 - The US military withdraws from Afghanistan

30th December

• 2009 - Water is discovered on the Moon

• 2009 - Mercury is 98% mapped

27th December

• 2045 - Humans are becoming intimately merged with machines

25th December

• 600,000,000 AD - Total solar eclipses are no longer possible on Earth

24th December

• New video added to the front page.

23rd December

• I've started work on the Browse by subject categories, which have been totally neglected until now. These will contain pretty much the same content as the main timeline, just with a little rewording and reorganisation. I also hope to add a Blog soon, and various other features.

A big thanks to everyone who's provided feedback on my site so far - I really appreciate it.

• 2018 - The ITER experimental fusion reactor is switched on

20th December

• 2013 - 3D technologies are widespread

19th December

• 2009 - Major breakthrough in cancer research

18th December

• 2026 - Rising sea levels are wreaking havoc on the Maldives

• 2028 - Printed electronics are ubiquitous

• 2044 - The last veterans of WW2 are passing away

11th December

• 2015 - The first climate change refugees

8th December

• 2014 - Robotic pack mules are entering military service

5th December

• 2069 - 100th anniversary of Apollo 11

4th December

• 2050 - One in five Europeans is a Muslim

3rd December

• 2017 - Teleportation of simple molecules

26th November

• 2040 - Breakthroughs in carbon nanotube production

25th November

• 3100 AD - Humanity is becoming a Type 2 civilisation on the Kardashev scale

24th November

• 2076 - Unmanned probes to Sedna

23rd November

• 2029 - Lake Chad disappears from the map

• 2009 - Scientists engineer plastics without fossil fuels

• 2009 - Africa's population tops one billion

21st November

• 1,400,000 AD - The Oort Cloud is being disrupted by the approach of Gliese 710

• 12,000,000,000 AD - Sol has shrunk to become a black dwarf

19th November

• 2025 - Africa and the Middle East are linked by a transcontinental bridge

17th November

• 2021 - Fully reusable, single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft

• 225,000,000 AD - Sol completes one galactic year

16th November

• 2017 - Enlargement of the EU

• 2017 - Crossrail opens in London

• 2027 - BRICs overtake the G7

15th November

• 2012 - Brain-computer interfaces allowing the paralysed to walk again

• 2018 - Consumer devices with 100 Gbit/s transfer speeds

• 2180 - Asteroid terrorism

14th November

• Edited 2180, plus added new image and a reference.

• Added video for 2020 - Holographic TV going mainstream.

• Added new image for 2033.

• 9,500-15,000 AD - The hypernova of Eta Carinae is affecting our region of the galaxy

12th November

• 2039 - Koala bears face extinction

3rd November

• 2200-2220 - Poverty, hunger and disease are being eradicated worldwide

1st November

• The front page now has a featured video.

• 2301 - Superhuman powers are available to common citizenry

• 2350 - Progress with Mars terraforming

• Added new image for 2250.

• 2220 - Mind uploading is available to a multitude of platforms

• Made some changes to the navigation and layout - 22nd and 23rd centuries are now grouped into 50 year spans (rather than individual decades). A section for the 24th century has been added too.

28th October

• 2500 - Mars has been terraformed (includes animation)

25th October

• New poll added to the front page. Please vote! The results of the previous poll can be viewed here.

• 2082 - The USA cedes territory to Mexico

22nd October

• 2195 - Global languages are becoming few in number now; education has been vastly accelerated

• 2053 - Genetically engineered "designer babies" for the rich

19th October

• 2024 - African elephants face extinction

18th October

• 2095 - Many of the world's languages are no longer in use

• 2059 - Mars population reaches 100

17th October

• 2057 - Handheld MRI scanners

11th October

• 2050 - Continent-wide "supergrids" provide much of the world's energy needs

• 2018 - 1 World Trade Center is complete

10th October

• 2033 - Hypersonic airliners are entering service

4th October

• 2048 - The near-Earth asteroid 2007 VK184 makes a close pass

• 2025 - Contact with the Voyager probes is lost

• 2015 - Voyager I enters the heliopause

27th September

• I've started adding links to each individual event in the contents (rather than a single link for the entire year). This will make it easier to navigate. See 2000-2009 and 2010-2019, for example.

26th September

• 2018 - Robot insect spies are in military use

• 2025 - High-speed rail networks are being expanded in many countries

24th September

• Edited 2010 - Augmented Reality becoming widespread.
...Now includes a video.

23rd September

• 2170 - The first kilometre-sized space station

• 2015 - Nanotech-based water filters are in widespread use

• Edited 2011 - Sales of professional and personal service robots are booming.
.. Now includes a video of the "Roomba 560".

• 2014 - 16 nanometer chips are in mass production

• 2011 - 22 nanometer chips are in mass production

19th September

• 2150 - Utopian cities are forming in developed regions

• 2105 - Emperor Penguins face extinction

9th September

• 2110 - Force fields are in military use

8th September

• 2069 - Invisibility suits are in military use

2nd September

• 2030 - India becomes the most populous country in the world

28th August

• 2027 - Carbon sequestration is underway in many nations

27th August

• 2055 - Traditional media have fragmented and diversified

26th August

• 2060 - Flood barriers erected in New York

25th August

• 2068 - A major landmark in the world of athletics

20th August

• 2085-2089 - Manned exploration of the Jovian system

• 2019 - Automated freight transport

19th August

• 2030 - Emerging career opportunities in science and technology

17th August

• 250,000,000 AD - A supercontinent is forming on Earth

16th August

• 2080 - Deadly heatwaves plague Europe

• Edited 2080 - Humans are becoming more non-biological than biological. This is slightly more realistic now, as it reads "Some humans", rather than implying the majority. I've edited the main text as well.

• Edited 2070-2079. This may have sounded a little too conservative before. I've now reworded it, to leave open the possibility of permanent bases in earlier decades (which I'll be adding to the timeline). Japan for example has plans for a station there by 2030.

• Edited 2085. Also added picture and a reference.

11th August

• 2038 - The first teleportation of a molecule

6th August

• 2190 - Matter replication devices are available for the home

3rd August

• 2040 - Water crisis in Europe

26th July

• 2101 - World GDP per capita exceeds US$200,000

21st July

• 2067 - Male and female salaries are reaching parity

19th July

• 2120 - Immortal software-based humans are entering mainstream society

17th July

• 2105 - Nomadic “floating cities” are roaming the oceans

15th July

• Edited 2062. Includes a video.

• 2079 - Practical flying cars are entering the mass market

5th July

• Graph added for 2250. This shows the long term trend of global energy consumption, based on current trends.

• 2250 - Humanity is becoming a Type 1 civilisation on the Kardashev scale

2nd July

• New poll added to the front page. The results of the previous one can be viewed here.

29th June

• 10,000,000 AD - Triton’s decaying orbit has led to it breaking up around Neptune

• 50,000,000 AD - Africa collides with Europe, forming a new mountain range to rival the Himalayas

23rd June

• 2060 - Global mass migrations of refugees

• 2060 - Computers reach another milestone

21st June

• 2011 - World's first commercial spaceport

20th June

• 2021 - A typical workplace of the early 2020s

• 2042 - Manned missions to Phobos and Deimos

• 2115 - Femtoengineering is becoming possible

14th June

• 2026 - The United States of Africa is established

• 2023 - Borneo’s rainforests have been wiped from the map

10th June

• 2039 - Universal translators are widespread

• 2039 - Nanotech fabrics are ubiquitous

• 2039 - US population reaches 400 million

9th June

• 2021 - Water crisis in southwest USA

8th June

• 2042 - Nanotech robot swarms are the latest in military hi-tech

• 2020 - Completion of the Square Kilometre Array

7th June

• The 2030s page has been edited and reorganised. I've improved the order the articles are listed in, as well as changing a few titles, references, etc. The earlier decades of the timeline are becoming quite full now, which means I can start to focus on the latter half of the 21st century and hopefully the 22nd/23rd centuries too.

• 2031 - Web 4.0 is transforming the Internet landscape

2nd June

• 2080 - Humans are becoming more non-biological than biological

1st June

• 2019 - The Aral Sea disappears from the map

• 2014 - Lifecasting enters the mainstream

31st May

• 2009 - Mouse genome is fully sequenced

• 2009 - The tallest man-made structure in history is completed

26th May

• 2011 - Multi-touch surface computing is available to the mass market

25th May

• 296,000 AD - Voyager 2 is approaching Sirius

• 2099 - West Antarctica is the fastest growing region in the world

23rd May

• 2045-2049 - China transitions towards a democracy

22nd May

• 3,000,000,000 AD - The Andromeda Galaxy has begun to collide and merge with the Milky Way galaxy

• 1,000,000,000,000 AD - Star formation is declining in many galaxies

• 2,000,000,000,000 AD - Galaxies beyond the Local Supercluster are no longer visible

• 20,000,000,000,000 AD - Red dwarf stars are dying

• 100,000,000,000,000 AD - The end of the stellar era

• 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 AD - The degenerate era of the universe

• 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000 AD - The black hole era of the universe

• Infinity - The dark era of the universe

20th May

• 2039 - Full immersion virtual reality

18th May

• 2028 - UK population reaches 70 million

16th May

• 2017 - Portable laser devices that heal wounds

13th May

• 2018 - Anti-fat drug

• 2019 - Computers break the exaflop barrier

12th May

• 2012 - World's first 1-gigawatt offshore wind farm

11th May

• 2029 - Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM)

10th May

• 2049 - Robots are a common feature of homes and workplaces

7th May

• 2020 - Complete organ replacements from stem cells

• 2065-2069 - Longevity treatments can halt aging

6th May

• Various new links added (a big thanks to Jeremy Mancuso for providing these)

4th May

• 2023 - Turkey becomes self-sufficient in energy production

• 2014 - Most telephone calls are made via the Internet now

2nd May

• 2016 - Bio-cameras matching human eye resolution

• 2011 - Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) replaces Blu-Ray format

1st May

• 2025-2029 - Stress and anxiety is reaching crisis levels

29th April

• New Flash animation created for the front page. For some browsers, you may need to do a "hard" refresh to view this (hold down shift + control while refreshing. This will fully clear your browser's cache).

28th April

• 2035-2039 - Artificially-grown meat

27th April

• Added new pic for 2050

• 2036 - The near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis makes a close pass

25th April

• 2220 - Antimatter-fueled starships

24th April

• 2050 - Automobiles of today

20th April

• 2180-2199 - Antimatter power plants are coming online

• 2070 - Fusion power is becoming widespread