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1st September

• 2013 - The first products to use memristor technology are becoming available

• 2100 - Extreme droughts are affecting nearly one-third of the planet

• 2100 - Human intelligence is being vastly amplified by AI (re-write of an earlier article)

26th August

• I've spent the last few days redesigning the homepage and the navigation of each section.

• Made some minor alterations to various articles, including the 21st century, 2059 and 1 million AD (in response to feedback from various people).

• 2007 - Google Street View is launched

19th August

• 2039 - Heatwaves and extremely high temperatures are commonplace in the US

18th August

• 150,000,000 AD - The Atlantic Ocean begins to close

• 750,000,000 AD - The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy has been absorbed into the larger Milky Way

15th August

• 2036 - Detailed probing and mapping of the Kuiper Belt is underway

• 2010 - The first demonstration of solar-sail technology

• 2026 - Construction of the Sagrada Família is complete

14th August

• 2047 - Fully autonomous, intelligent military aircraft

13th August

• 2040 - Ultra-personalised healthcare

12th August

• 2100 - Super typhoons have increased ten-fold

8th August

• 2048 - The Antarctic Treaty comes up for review

7th August

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

5th August

• 2048 - Reversible biostasis is available

3rd August

• New video added to the front page.

1st August

• I'm in the process of creating a Blog.

31st July

• 2011-2015 - British forces withdraw from Afghanistan

30th July

• 2016 - Laser guns are in naval use

• 22,000 AD - The Chernobyl disaster site becomes fully safe

25th July

• 2035 - Turmoil in the Middle East

22nd July

• 2040 - "Energy islands" are appearing in many coastal regions

• 2880 - The asteroid 1950 DA is passing very close to the Earth, possibly on a collision course

18th July

• 2014 - The Rosetta probe deploys its lander on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

16th July

• 2061 - UK population reaches 80 million

• Added some new links.

15th July

• 2110 - Our solar system is passing through a million degree cloud of gas

11th July

• 2038 - The FIFA World Cup trophy is replaced

7th July

• 2280 - Microbial life is confirmed on an exoplanet

5th July

• New image added for 2013.

4th July

• 4,000,000 AD - Pioneer 11 is approaching the Lambda Aquilae system

• Edited 296,000 AD to include more detail.

• 2,000,000 AD - Pioneer 10 is approaching the Aldebaran system

2nd July

• 100,000,000,000 AD - The Virgo Supercluster is converging into a single galaxy

1st July

• 7,600,000 AD - Phobos is ripped apart by Mars' gravity

• Browse by subject > Business & Politics > US national debt (as a percentage of GDP)

30th June

• Browse by subject > Business & Politics > US GDP

29th June

• Browse by subject > Business & Politics > US national debt

• 35,000 AD - Ross 248 becomes the closest star to our Sun

21st June

• 2032 - Terabit internet speeds are commonplace

16th June

• 2013 - Solar flares are disrupting the Earth's magnetosphere

13th June

• Browse by subject > Home & Leisure > Desktop manufacturing

11th June

• 2110 - Man-made control of earthquakes and tsunamis

10th June

• 2045 - Gulf Coast cities are being abandoned due to "super hurricanes"

8th June

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

6th June

• New video added to the front page (Parts 2 and 3 can be accessed at the end of the video).

5th June

• 2040 - Thought transfer is dominating personal communications worldwide

2nd June

• 2014 - Terabyte SD cards are available

• 2024 - Petabyte storage devices are available

• 2034 - Exabyte storage devices are available

1st June

• Added references for DEMO.

28th May

• 2040 - Fusion power is nearing commercial availability

• 2056 - Fully synthetic humans are becoming technically feasible

23rd May

• 2010 - Scientists create artificial life

• 2029 - Human-like AI is becoming a reality

• 2030 - AIDS, cancer and a plethora of other degenerative diseases are curable

21st May

• 2070 - Fully automated homes

17th May

• 2015 - 3D printing enters the consumer market

15th May

• 2022 - Deafness is curable

• Edited AI & Robots to include a video on the PR2.

• 2080 - One in five lizard species are extinct

13th May

• 2058 - Construction of a radio telescope on the Moon

• 2069 - US population reaches half a billion

11th May

• Browse by subject > Society & Demographics > Population (global)

9th May

• Browse by subject > Military & War > Micro aerial vehicles

• Browse by subject > Military & War > Robotic pack mules

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Limb regeneration

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Nanobots

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Surgical sutures

8th May

• 3500 AD - Polar reversal of the Earth

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Organ transplants

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Tooth regeneration

4th May

• Browse by subject > Nanotechnology > Water filters

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Baldness

• Browse by subject > Biology & Medicine > Macular degeneration

3rd May

• 2011 - The first open petaflop supercomputer comes online

• Browse by subject > AI & Robots > Androids (current)

• Browse by subject > AI & Robots > Domestic robots

• Browse by subject > Energy & the Environment > Solar islands

2nd May

• Browse by subject > Transport & Infrastructure > Hypersonic airliners

• Browse by subject > Transport & Infrastructure > Transatlantic tunnel

1st May

• 2050 - Wildfires have tripled in some regions; air quality and visibility is declining

• Browse by subject > Energy & the Environment > Atmospheric CO2 (current)

25th April

• 2018 - The European Extremely Large Telescope is operational

• Browse by subject > Space > International Space Station

• Browse by subject > Space > Missions (unmanned)

• Browse by subject > Space > Spaceport

• Browse by subject > Space > Telescopes

• Browse by subject > Energy & the Environment > 4th generation nuclear power

24th April

• 2020 - Texting by thinking

• 2199 - The West Antarctic ice sheet is beginning to disintegrate

22nd April

• 2021 - "Thoughtcrime" is becoming a reality

19th April

• 2015 - Dawn probe arrives at Ceres

• 2052 - Hyper-fast crime scene analysis

18th April

• 2036 - Bionic eyes that surpass human vision

• 2125 - Large-scale civilian settlement of the Moon is underway

• 2260 - Accelerated development of the Solar System

17th April

• 2019 - Bionic eyes are commercially available

16th April

• 2022 - Tooth regeneration is transforming dental care

14th April

• 2023 - Gorillas are extinct in Central Africa

13th April

• 2010 - Major breakthrough in robotics

• 2044 - Personal storage devices reach the zettabyte scale

• 2075 - The ozone layer has fully recovered

8th April

• 2016 - US vehicles are becoming more fuel-efficient

6th April

• Browse by subject > Computers & the Internet > Data storage

28th March

• 2023 - Laser-driven fusion energy makes progress

25th March

• 2042 - Floating hotels in the sky are heralding a new era in luxury transport

• New video added to the front page -- Aubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer of the SENS Foundation, speaks about the future of regenerative medicine and human longevity. Filmed during the 2009 Graduate Summer Program at the Singularity University.

21st March

• Browse by subject > Nanotechnology > Nanotechnology (general)

17th March

• FutureTimeline.net is now available on Twitter - I'll be using this account to post science/technology news and other links.

• 2028 - Amputees can regrow lost limbs

• 2030 - Full weather modeling is perfected

15th March

• 2010 - Apple debuts the iPad

• Browse by subject > Computers & the Internet > Internet users

14th March

• 2001 - The world's first space tourist

• 2005 - YouTube is launched

• 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany

• 2006 - North Korea conducts its first nuclear test

• 2006 - West African black rhinos are declared extinct

• 2006 - Pluto is demoted to "dwarf planet" status

• 2006 - Saddam Hussein is executed

• 2007 - Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as Prime Minister of Great Britain

• 2007 - Nicolas Sarkozy is elected President of the French Republic

• 2007 - Arctic sea ice hits a record low

• 2007 - Apple debuts the iPhone

• 2007 - Amazon releases the Kindle

• 2007 - Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in Pakistan

• 2008 - Oil prices hit a record high of $147/barrel

• 2008 - Beijing hosts the Olympic games

12th March

• New video added to the front page.

11th March

• 2004 - George Bush is re-elected

• 2004 - Athens hosts the Olympic Games

• 2004 - Train bombings in Madrid kill nearly 200 people

• 2004 - Hubble Ultra Deep Field

• 2004 - Mars Exploration Rovers

• 2004 - The first privately funded human spaceflight

• 2004 - Facebook is launched

• 2004 - World's first 1Gb SD card

• 2004 - London's skyline gets a new landmark

• 2004 - Asia gets a new tallest building

• 2004 - Indian Ocean earthquake leaves a quarter of a million dead

• 2005 - Suicide bombers in London kill 56 people, injure 700 others

• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina floods New Orleans

• 2005 - Huygens probe reveals images of Titan's surface

1st March

• 2084 - Androids are entering law enforcement

28th February

• 2017 - Total solar eclipse in the USA

• 2079 - Total solar eclipse in New York

• 2099 - 83% of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed

• 2151 - Total solar eclipse in London

23rd February

• 2040 - Claytronics are revolutionising the consumer market

22nd February

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

17th February

• 2155 - Universal education in Africa

16th February

• 2060 - Global extinction rates are peaking

12th February

• 4000 AD - Computer science is reaching its ultimate potential

11th February

• 2240 - Christianity is fading from American culture

• Edited 2010 - Localised renewable energy is becoming widely available to consumers
Also added a photo and a reference.

8th February

• 2083 - Hyper-intelligent computers

• 2090 - Traditional religions are fading from European culture

• 2095 - Manned exploration of the Saturnian system

2nd February

• 2085 - Global currency

1st February

• 2035 - Ice-free summers in the Arctic

• 2220 - The Light Year Array is operational

27th January

• Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I was busy moving house etc... and had limited access to the Internet. Rest assured, I will carry on updating this website! I have big plans to expand it further. Don't forget, you can always discuss things in the forum.

14th January

• Some new links added.

10th January

• 2210 - A global rewilding effort is underway

9th January

• 2027 - Death of Queen Elizabeth II

7th January

• 2020 - Internet usage reaches 5 billion worldwide

6th January

• Browse by subject > Energy & the Environment > Extinctions

• Browse by subject > Energy & the Environment > Maglev wind power

• 10,000,000 AD - T Pyxidis is threatening Earth with lethal levels of gamma radiation