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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

2074 - The Green Wall of China is completed

 


 

5th January

2011 - China's Three Gorges Dam is fully operational

2012 - A cure for baldness

2013 - India launches its second lunar exploration mission

 


 

4th January

I'm in the process of adding content for 2000-2009. Let me know if there's anything you think I should add.

 


 

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