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• I've updated and renamed the section on crude oil to give a brief mention of the new peak reported recently, as well as the Middle East uprisings.

• Edited 2020-2035 - World Energy Crisis

25th June

• 2000 - Vladimir Putin is elected president of Russia

• 2000 - Euro 2000 is hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands

• 2001 - Space station Mir is deorbited

19th June

• New video added.

18th June

• 2016 - Completion of the i5K project

15th June

• 2050 - Major advances in air travel comfort

12th June

• Transport & Infrastructure > Solar hybrid vessels

• New poll added.

• The results of the previous poll can be seen here.

10th June

• 2017 - Worsening crisis in Yemen

7th June

• 2040 - Tobacco has been largely eradicated

4th June

• Computers & the Internet > Supercomputers

2nd June

• Added a video of Windows 8.

• 2012 - Nintendo launches the Wii 2

• My inbox has been flooded with emails lately. Sorry if I can't reply to everyone, but rest assured, I do read all your messages.

31st May

• 2059 - The end of the oil age

30th May

• 2022 - Germany phases out nuclear energy

29th May

• 2034 - Switzerland phases out nuclear energy

25th May

• Edited 2032 - Manned mission to Mars; includes new reference and new image.

24th May

• 2013 - Expansion of the Port of Rotterdam is completed, tripling its capacity

• 2014 - Completion of the Panama Canal expansion project

23rd May

• 2015 - A new generation of high-tech supercarriers

22nd May

• 2010 - The worst marine environmental disaster in US history

• 2010 - Scientists trap antimatter

• 2012 - Euro 2012 is held in Poland and Ukraine

• Edited 2014 - Brazil hosts the FIFA World Cup

• 2014 - The first solar aircraft to circumnavigate the globe

• 2016 - Euro 2016 is held in France

• 2026 - The cost per watt of solar PV has dropped to below $1

20th May

• 2028 - The International Space Station is decommissioned

19th May

• 2020 - Ultra High Definition Television (4320p) is available in domestic homes

17th May

• Edited Carbon sequestration is underway in many nations - added a paragraph at the end, with a reference and a graph.

16th May

• 2015 - The world's first lunar tourist

• Added image of the Falcon Heavy

15th May

• Edited "22 nanometre chips enter mass production" - includes some new information, a video, and a reference.

• 2013 - 14 nanometre chips enter mass production

• 2015 - 10 nanometre chips enter mass production

• Computers & the Internet > Moore's Law

14th May

• 2011 - Japan is devastated by a 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami

• 2011 - Global population reaches 7 billion

10th May

• 2010-2019 has been split into separate pages for each year, to conserve bandwidth and make it easier to edit.

9th May

• Biology & Medicine > Bio-printers

7th May

• I'm excited to announce that our forum has just undergone a major upgrade. It can now be accessed at the following URL:

http://www.futuretimeline.net/forum

We're still tweaking a few things, but you're welcome to register and participate. Uptime and speed should be greatly improved.

Sadly, we're unable to transfer any posts/threads from the previous forum, but you can still access it here:

http://futuretimeline.forums-free.com/

3rd May

• 42,000 AD - Voyager 1 is passing near the red dwarf star, AC+79 3888

26th April

• 2013 - The first test launch of the Falcon Heavy

• Moved the launch of the PS4 from 2016 to 2014 (based on new reference).

• 2016 - China passes the USA in PPP

22nd April

• 2020 - Public smoking is banned across every US state

• Biology & Medicine > Malaria

20th April

• New poll added.

• The results of the previous poll can be seen here.

13th April

• Moved the James Webb telescope from 2014 to 2018, and added a reference.

11th April

• Several new links added.

10th April

• 2015 - The Large Hadron Collider reaches its maximum operating power
(probably going to split this page into separate years, as it's getting very big now)

• 2036 - Alzheimer's disease is fully curable

6th April

• 2026 - New treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

31st March

• Blog post: Another breakthrough in robotics technology

29th March

• New poll added to the front page.

• The results of the previous poll can be seen here.

27th March

• 2018 - Cheques are phased out in the UK

26th March

• 2018 - Scientists drill into Earth's mantle

25th March

• New blog post: Future Urban Environments
(my blog is published in the latest edition of Urban Realm).

20th March

• 2070 - Global average temperatures have risen by 4°C

12th March

• 2056 - Global average temperatures have risen by 3°C

7th March

• 2041 - Global average temperatures have risen by 2°C

28th February

• 2029 - The wreck of the Titanic has decomposed

27th February

• New poll added to the front page.

• The results of the previous poll can be seen here.

26th February

• 2021 - Global average temperatures have risen by 1°C

• Energy & the Environment > Global temperature

• Energy & the Environment > Solar updraft towers

13th February

• 2055 - The vast majority of countries are democratic

• 2030 - The majority of new vehicles are plug-in electric, or hybrids

12th February

• 30,000 AD - The first wave of sub-light vessels has reached the galactic core

• Edited 1 million AD slightly, so it now includes a mention of contact with extra-terrestrials (this is based on feedback from many of our readers, including an astronomer, who believed the previous estimate was too pessimistic).