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    Default The future predicted..........

    Report in today's Mirror...........


    FUTURES MARKET
    Welcome to tomorrow's world.. where robots have rights and the moon is just another holiday destination
    By Nick Webster
    CARS that drive themselves, artificial brains and human rights for robots... it's just a matter of time.

    A Technology Timeline compiled by researchers at BT's futurology department has come up with a list of advances it says will change tomorrow's world.

    And they should know what they're talking about - in the past they've correctly predicted text messaging, email spam and internet search engines.

    According to BT's boffins, most of us will live to 100 while obesity and the dentist's drill will be distant memories.






    But it's not all good news - an international financial collapse is on the horizon at some time in the next 50 years, and computers will eventually outsmart humans.



    Here is their technology timeline...



    2006-2010



    EMOTIONALLY RESPONSIVE TOYS



    RESPONDING to the sound of its owner's voice, these toys will react with a variety of emotions. Sony's Aibo dog robot can already simulate anger and fear, surprise, dislike, sadness and joy.



    ELECTRONIC MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS



    THE doctor will enter his diagnosis into a handheld computer, prescribe treatment and send instructions directly to a pharmacist via a text message.



    VIDEO TILES



    THESE will provide news or entertainment in the bath or shower. They can even change a scene to let you bathe under an African sunset, for example



    2008 - 2012



    MEDICINE DELIVERED VIA FRUIT



    SCIENTISTS will be able to produce genetically modified fruit that carry medicines and extra vitamins. For example apples could contain the polio vaccine.



    VIDEO TATTOOS



    ONE worth waiting for ... ultra-thin polymer video screens stuck to the skin will act as as "moving tattoos".



    SENSITIVE FABRICS



    CLOTHES made from smart fabrics will measure the wearer's heart rate and temperature and transmit the data to a computer controlling the home. The computer will use the information to judge our mood - and light and heat the room accordingly.



    2011 - 2015



    SELF-DRIVING CAR



    CARS will steer themselves, using enhanced satellite navigation and sensors to stop them getting too close to the car in front. Mercedes has already carried out tests on a closed track.



    TOOTH REGENERATION



    FILLINGS will become a thing of the past. Using gene therapy, lost or diseased teeth will be regrown in the mouth from a few cells. Scientists have already successfully grown mouse teeth in a lab dish.



    MICROCHIPS IN FOOD



    INTELLIGENT microwave ovens will automatically read the information on a chip hidden in the packaging of food and cook it exactly according to the instructions.



    2013 - 2017



    ACTIVE MAKE-UP



    THE make-up is applied normally, but a small control unit in a handbag sends out electronic pulses that change the colours.



    ROBOTS GUIDE BLIND PEOPLE



    A PROTOTYPE robot which helps blind people shop or find their way around buildings already exists at Utah State university. Professor Vladimir Kulyukin designed the machine that locates items and avoids collisions. The robot could replace guide dogs.



    2016 - 2020



    ELECTRONIC LIFE FORM GETS BASIC RIGHTS



    AS robots become more sophisticated and involve the addition of organic material into their construction there will be calls for their rights to be safeguarded.



    VIEWERS PLAY FILM ROLES



    USING computer-simulated versions of themselves, viewers will be in the thick of the action by introducing themselves into the movie.



    EMOTION CONTROL DEVICES



    THE most extreme use of emotion control devices would be to put a stop to criminal activity. It could suppress anger or stimulate feelings in emotionless psychopaths by sending electronic pulses to the brain.



    2021 - 2025



    E-TRANSLATION



    WITH computers automatically translating every language there will be less need for humans to learn more than one. One universal language - probably English - will dominate.



    HOLOGRAPHIC TV



    INSTEAD of a flat screen, TV will become a three-dimensional affair, viewable from every side and projected into the middle of the room.



    2026 - 2030



    3D HOME PRINTERS



    COMPANIES including the US-based Z Corporation are already working on technology which involves the printer building up layers of a material to create a solid model of a digital image.



    2031 - 2035



    BIOSTASIS IN SPACE TRAVEL



    TECHNOLOGY will be available to slow the body's metabolism enough to delay ageing on space journeys lasting decades. Travellers will sleep the whole time, connected to drips to provide basic nutrients and vitamins.



    COMPUTER GENIUSES



    THE power of computers already doubles virtually monthly. At the rate the technology advances, they could become more intelligent than their creators.



    2036 - 2040



    SPACE ELEVATOR



    A SEATTLE company is already planning to connect the earth to space via a cable running between a floating ocean platform and a satellite. Passenger pods and cargo could travel up and down the cable.



    2041 - 2045



    MOON BASE



    A VILLAGE will be firmly established on the Moon, serviced by regular shuttle flights.



    2046 - 2050



    MARS COLONY



    A SMALL colony of scientists and explorers will be entirely self-sufficient, growing food in large greenhouse-style pods.



    NUCLEAR FUSION



    THE idea is to recreate the nuclear reactions which take place at the heart of the sun. Last month the EU, America, Japan, Russia, China and South Korea agreed to build an experimental £6.6billion nuclear fusion reactor in France.



    2051+



    BRAIN DOWNLOADS



    EVERYTHING in your brain - thoughts, feelings and memories - will be transferred to a computer, ensuring a form of digital immortality if eventually uploaded into a human brain later.
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    I saw an article on the 3D printer a while ago in The New Scientist magazine.
    http://www.newscientist.com/article....mg16722584.500
    I couldn't believe it was as far back as 2000 though, my memory is better than I thought.

    There is a more recent article though.
    http://www.newscientist.com/channel/mech-tech/dn7165

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    Quote Originally Posted by emerson
    SENSITIVE FABRICS

    CLOTHES made from smart fabrics will measure the wearer's heart rate and temperature and transmit the data to a computer controlling the home. The computer will use the information to judge our mood - and light and heat the room accordingly.
    Well that's us blokes stuffed then.

    Get the missus in that get up and for a week each month we're either going to freeze our arses off or get baked every few minutes depending on her current mood.

    Then when it comes time for the menopause to kick it . . . . it'll be time for us to leave home completely!


    <DS: Already running for cover......>


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    Blimey, it sounds like the guys who wrote Red Dwarf were pretty spot on!

    (read the books, they are much more in-depth than the series - still extremely funny, but very futuristic...)

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    "THESE will provide news or entertainment in the bath or shower. They can even change a scene to let you bathe under an African sunset, for example"


    lol, thats it i might never be seen again, i spend long enough in the bath as it is!

    and lol@damiens previous reply

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    2036 space elevator?

    Reminds me of an episode from Star Trek Voyager.

    A rocket-powered carriage was used to transport items from the planet to a tethered space station.



    3d printers have been in use in medicine for some time - used to reconstruct skeletal features for use where the patients' own bones have been badly damaged. I saw them creating a 3d model of a patient's jaw based on a photo taken before the accident. A laser beam was fired into a gel forcing it to 'set', thus creating a 3d model.

    Moon Base - anybody remember Space 1999?

    I seem to remember self-driving cars being shown on Tomorrow's World some years ago - admittedly this was just for motorway journeys where cars formed chains using sensors in the front & rear to allow the onboard computer to drive the car at a safe distance.

    I don't suppose they predicted what will happen when the world's oil runs dry in a few years?
    Nowt here so don't bother looking



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