Reading The future (*2010-2019) 2010 — Haiti is struck by a devastating earthquake | The longest solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs | Apple debuts the iPad | The Constellation Program is essentially cancelled | The worst marine environmental disaster in US history | Scientists create synthetic life | One-fifth of Pakistan is flooded | Solar power is plunging in cost | Augmented Reality is entering the mainstream | Macular degeneration is curable | The first demonstration of solar-sail technology | Scientists trap antimatter | Speech-to-speech translation is common in mobile phones | Robotic manipulation of non-rigid objects 2011-2014 — British forces withdraw from Afghanistan 2011 — Japan is devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami | The death of Osama bin Laden | Worsening economic crisis in Greece | The worlds first synthetic organ transplant | South Sudan becomes an independent nation | The Space Shuttle fleet is retired | Global population reaches 7bn | USB 3.0 is widely available | 22 nanometre chips enter mass production | Consumer-level robotics are booming | Worlds first commercial spaceport | Chinas Three Gorges Dam is fully operational 2012 — The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II | Euro 2012 is held in Poland and Ukraine | London hosts the Olympic Games | Mars Science Laboratory explores the Red Planet | Voyager I crosses the heliopause | Windows 8 is released | Quad-core smartphones and tablets | Nintendo launches the Wii U | The Abraj Al-Bait Towers are completed in Mecca | The Mayan calendar reaches the end of its current cycle 2013 — North Korea conducts its third nuclear test | A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk | The first creation of human embryonic stem cells by cloning | The NSA documents are leaked | Birth of a royal baby | China overtakes the USA in scientific research | The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is launched by NASA | The first gene therapy in the Western world | Highly flexible touch sensors are appearing in a range of gadgets | Launch of the PS4 and Xbox One | Uruguay becomes the first nation to allow full legalisation of cannabis | Chinas first unmanned Moon landing | The Gaia mission is launched 2014-2060 — At some point during this period, the United States is struck by the most devastating earthquake in its history 2014-2037 — At some point during this period, a major earthquake hits California 2014 — Latvia joins the eurozone | The first gay marriages are held in England and Wales | Google Glass is launched to the public | Brazil hosts the FIFA World Cup | The 100th anniversary of World War I | 14 nanometre chips are released | Scotland votes no to independence | The MAVEN probe arrives at Mars | Indias first Mars mission | The global average Internet connection is broadband | A comet passes extremely close to Mars | Increased automation in retail environments | The IPCC releases its Fifth Assessment Report | The new World Trade Center is completed | The European Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is operational | The Rosetta probe deploys its lander on comet 67P | The first test flight of NASAs Orion spacecraft | Laser guns are in naval use | Smart watches are the latest must-have gadget | NATO ends combat operations in Afghanistan 2015-2019 — Global economic recovery remains slow | Personal genome sequencing enters the mainstream | Five-year survival rates for thyroid cancer are approaching 100% | Virtual reality makes a comeback 2015 — Lithuania joins the Eurozone | The Eurasian Union is formed | The first solar aircraft to circumnavigate the globe | Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy | The Large Hadron Collider reaches its maximum operating power | The worlds first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste city | The first self-regulating artificial heart | A new generation of hi-tech supercarriers | The United States and South Korea dissolve the Combined Forces Command | The first large-scale solar updraft towers are operational | Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in British history | Personal biometric scanners for online banking | DDR4 memory reaches the home PC market | Windows 10 is released by Microsoft | 10 nanometre chips enter mass production | The Archival Disc format is launched | The Carteret Islands are abandoned | The New Horizons probe arrives at Pluto | The Dawn probe arrives at Ceres | The first advert on the Moon | Electric car ownership reaches 1 million worldwide | Trucks with emergency braking systems are mandatory in Europe | The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals 2016-2020 — China builds the longest undersea tunnel in the world 2016 — Completion of the Panama Canal expansion project | Microchipping of all dogs in England | Euro 2016 is held in France | Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games | The first manned flight of SpaceXs Dragon V2 | Indias first manned space flight | India launches its second unmanned lunar probe | The International Lunar Observatory begins operations | The first hotel in space | Balloon trips up to 20 miles high | InSight touches down on Mars | The Juno probe arrives at Jupiter | The worlds largest single-aperture telescope is completed in China | The mining industry is highly automated | Agricultural robots are appearing on farms | High-definition CCTV cameras are ubiquitous | OLED displays are in widespread use | Three-person babies | New drug delivery methods for brain-related conditions | A pill to prevent sunburn | Completion of the i5K project | China completes the largest environmental cleanup in its history | Polymer banknotes are introduced by the Bank of England | United States Presidential Election | The Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed | Launch of the Titanic II 2017 — The European Union has been expanded | Worsening crisis in Yemen | China establishes the largest megacity in the world | The worlds first kilometre-high skyscraper | A new tallest building for Los Angeles | The worlds first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) platform begins operations | The Nabucco gas pipeline is completed | India completes construction of the Dibang Dam | The M1A3 Abrams tank enters the battlefield | The remaining JFK files are released | Total solar eclipse in the US | China launches an unmanned sample return mission to the Moon | The first test flight of NASAs Space Launch System | The first manned flight of the Dream Chaser | Launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) | The Cheops satellite is deployed to study exoplanets | The worlds first lunar tourist | Sales of electric and hybrid trucks reach 100,000 annually | Web-connected video devices exceed the global population | Electronic paper is seeing widespread use | Traditional newspapers are becoming obsolete | Tooth regeneration is transforming dental care | Cosmetic surgery has doubled its market size | Wireless, implantable devices that monitor a range of health conditions in real time | The worlds first HIV vaccine is commercially available | A new treatment for prostate cancer | BioCassava Plus receives regulatory approval | The worlds largest mud volcano stops erupting 2018-2048 — Uganda is an oil-producing nation 2018 — A missile defence shield is deployed in Europe | The first private supersonic jet | The African Central Bank is established | East Africas largest ever infrastructure project | Russia hosts the FIFA World Cup | The first manned flights from Russias new spaceport | The James Webb Space Telescope is launched | The Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe arrives at 1999 JU3 | Universal flu vaccine | Polio has been eradicated | A drug to prevent obesity | Crossrail opens in London | The City Circle Line opens in Copenhagen | The Transbay Transit Center is completed in San Francisco | Many complex surgeries are performed by robots | Robot insect spies are in military use | Ubiquitous internet nodes connect appliances, vehicles, etc. | Consumer devices with 100 Gbit/s transfer speeds | Portable, long-range 3D scanning | Scientists drill into Earths mantle | The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is completed in Canada | The market for biofuels is experiencing a period of rapid growth | The last of Nigerias rainforests have been felled 2019-2024 — 3D printing becomes a mainstream consumer technology 2019 — Chinas first high-tech stealth fighter enters service | A new generation of U.S. tanks | British troops leave Germany | The ExoMars rover touches down on Mars | The first manned outpost beyond the Moon begins assembly | The first mission to a gas giant using solar sail propulsion | The first prototype Stratobus is launched | Launch of the BIOMASS mission | Europes Galileo satellite navigation system is fully operational | Computers break the exaflop barrier | Bionic eyes with high resolution are commercially available | A vaccine to treat melanoma | Connected vehicle technology is being deployed in a number of countries | Automated freight transport | US copyright begins to expire, starting with all works from 1923 | LEDs dominate the lighting industry | Jordan opens its first nuclear power plant | The East Side Access subway extension opens in New York | The Aral Sea disappears from the map
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