2012
a proposed super computer built by Intel and SGI for NASA’s Ames Research Center, will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 10 Petaflops
a proposed super computer built by IBM for the National Nuclear Security Administration will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 20 Petaflops
2013
The new fuel efficient, Airbus A350-900 is scheduled to enter airline service in the summer
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Solar power will be cost-competitive with fossil fuels by 2013.
2014
The Masdar City is scheduled to be completed. Its goal is to be the world’s first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, and zero-waste city.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Masdar_City.jpg
The United States Government ban on incandescent lightbulbs to take effect.
2017
O. J. Simpson may be eligible for parole from the Nevada correctional system.
2018
China’s One-child policy is expected to end.
NASA currently projects that its Vision for Space Exploration program will reach the Moon by 2018 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration
According to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, by 2018 “there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be completed.
2019
Super computers are projected to reach 1 Exaflop.
2020
NASA starts moon colonization for future human exploration to Mars
JAXA plans to send robotic astronauts to the Moon, followed by human astronauts
Last nuclear power plant in Germany will be shut down
British newspaper The Guardian published a series of magazines in September 2004 predicting life in 2020. These predictions include widespread use of artificially intelligent cars, "smart" clothing incorporating computer chips, and green energy sources.
Global oil production is expected to peak
According to current plans and workings for Project Constellation, NASA should be returning Humans to the Moon by 2020.
Volvo hopes to use radar, sonar and other advanced technologies to create a crash-proof car by 2020
all automobiles will have some level of hybridization by 2020. all Toyota cars produced will be hybrid vehicles by the year 2020
2021
Intel scientists predict that the shrinking of microchips roughly every 18 months (Moore’s Law) will reach a fundamental limit by 2021.
2026
Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme
2027
Release of FBI documents pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr
2028
Institution of the Afro as the official currency of the African Union
By this time, according to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, all our energy will come from clean sources, such as solar power
2029
Intel predicts the performance of supercomputers to reach zettaflops scale.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to leave the solar system.
2030
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will construct a manned lunar base.
All New Zealand cars will be hybrid, bio-fuel, or electric.
2031
Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator
2037
The 2037 Bomber, an optionally manned, stealthy, hypersonic, heavy-bomber is scheduled to enter service this year
2039
According to the Kabbalistic commentator Nachmanides, the Messiah must come by this time or else Armageddon will occur.
2040
The population of Earth is expected to be 9 billion people
2042
According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, African American, Asian, Indian American, Native Hawaiʻian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites
2045
Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts a Technological Singularity for 2045, i.e. a runaway cycle of self-improvement by intelligent machines, resulting in explosive technological development
2046
World coal supply presumed to peak.
Robotics experts predict that around this time most work in advanced industrial nations will be done by Robots (news reports, December 2006).
2050
In July 2008, the G8 agreed to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
In October 2007, artificial intelligence researcher David Levy predicted that by 2050, human-robot marriages and human-robot sex will become common.
