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FUTURE
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HOW the world will look in years to come

To feed the world's
10 billion population in
2050, aquaculture could be
the solution. If we used all
the areas good for farming
fish and shellfish, that are
currently unexploited,
we could produce as
much as 15 billion tonnes
of fish annually - 100
times more than we
currently eat each year.

to language
forecasters.

Fast travel

Is Brandan Siebrecht's
Hyperloop One system where
travel is heading? Passengers will
be loaded into a 28-foot long pod - essentially
a tube suspended above the ground - which
quickly accelerates and lifts above the track using
magnetic levitation. A test run in the Nevada
desert saw the pod reach speeds of up to 192mph,
but it should be able to reach a whopping 500mph
over longer distances.

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Due to the dangers
of global warming
and population growth, humans
will need to find a new planet to
live on within a single lifetime,
says Professor Stephen Hawking,
revising the 1,000 year time limit
he gave just 12 months ago.

3D-printed food will save
cooking time and offer
a tasty, easy-to-eat option
for elderly people who have
difficulty swallowing.

While

Crossing into the future

'I think there is
a world market
for maybe five
computers.'
THOMAS WATSON, IBM
PRESIDENT, IN 1943.

'Rail travel at
high speed is not
possible, because
passengers,
unable to breathe,
would die of
asphyxia.'
PROF DIONYSUS
LARDER, SCIENCE
WRITER, IN 1828.

'No balloon and
no aeroplane will
ever be practically
successful.'
LORD KELVIN, OF
TEMPERATURE SCALE
FAME, IN 1902.

'Children just
aren't interested
in witches and
wizards any more.'
UNKNOWN PUBLISHING
EXECUTIVE TURNS
DOWN JK ROWLING'S
HARRY POTTER SERIES.

'This "telephone"
has too many
shortcomings
to be seriously
considered
as a means of
communication.'
BUSINESSMAN WILLIAM
ORTON IN 1876.

A sensor-packed digital crossing is being designed
that responds to pedestrian movements. The smart
crossing doesn't become visible until it's safe. Then
patterns appear to direct people and stop cars.

Islam is the world's fastest growing religion and the Number of
Muslims will exceed the number of Christians in the world by 2100.
20

PREDICTIONS
GONE WRONG

OF UK RESPONDENTS
BELIEVE THEY WILL USE
CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
EVERY DAY BY 2025, THE
REST - 52% - ARE HAPPY
TO STILL BE USING CASH.

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'People will soon
get tired of staring
at a plywood box
every night.'
US FILM PRODUCER
DARRYL ZANUCK
DECRIES TV IN 1946.

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UK futurist Theo Priestley
believes going to see your GP
in 2027 will be nothing like it
is today. After discussing your
symptoms with an automated
'GP chatbot', he reckons,
you'll attend the surgery
where as you arrive, the way
you walk, talk and more will
be analysed alongside your
medical records and recent
history. By the time you see
your GP and his AI assistant,
they will have concluded what
is wrong and how best to fix it.

THE SMART THINGS
How the
FUTURE LIVING REPORT
weather will be
SUGGESTS THAT IN
in years to come is
100 YEARS WE'LL BE
dividing scientists.
LIVING UNDERWATER
Some say that by the
AS THERE WILL BE SO
2500s, the Earth's climate will
LITTLE LAND AVAILABLE.
have cooled down to Little
'EARTHSCRAPERS'
Ice Age levels. Others
- MULTI-LEVEL
The three
believe ongoing
STRUCTURES BUILT
most spoken
DEEP INTO THE
climate change will
languages in 2050 will
GROUND WILL TAKE
render much of the
be Chinese, Spanish
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planet too hot for
and English, in that
TO A NEW LEVEL.
order, according
human life by 2300.
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