Future Timeline

Future timeline: 2013

Technology	Entertainment	Other
Apple launches the new iPhone 6 smartphone Samsung introduces the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 phablet Nokia unveils the Lumia 920, the best smartphone yet Wireless charging (Qi) becomes a standard Introduction of the 1TB Memory Card / Stick NFC, Near Field Communication and mobile payments become a big hit Microsoft launches Windows Blue (Windows 9)	Ex-Men comedy on CBS makes its debut Revenge Season 3 2nd hit single of Psy releases and KPOP group Girls generation get big in Europe Mick Jagger died / dead	FIFA confederation cup football in Brazil

Future timeline: 2014

• Roll-out of 5G mobile data network in Asia, Europe and the US
• Apple introduces the iPhone 7 and iPad mini 2
• Samsung launching the Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4
• FIFA worldcup football in Brazil
• The Solar Impulse (fully solar-powered plane) will start operations
• World's first handheld portable DNA / genome sequencer
• Memristors to be used in consumer devices
• The Lynx rocketplane will start operations at Curacao Spaceport

Future timeline: 2015

• The EU officially bans the sale, posession and production of cigarettes
• Airbus unveils the all new A420, which reduces fuel costs by as much as 40% by using partial solar-powered engines
• ASEAN officially takes into effect
• Completion of Masdar City (Abu Dhabi, UAE) phase 1
• Solar Updraft Towers introduced as the world's most efficient zero-emission power-generation method

Future timeline: 2016

• SpaceX unveils Dragon 2, a next generation rocket that is capable of reaching- and landing on Mars. This rocket is equipped with many innovative technologies such as improved propulsion and new / cheaper fuel
• Online college degree programs are now more popular then the old-fashion college campus model.
• Introduction of Social subscription TV; We will increasingly subscribe to TV shows rather then to watch the regular streams of shows offered by television stations / channels from back to back. This concept will blend in with news feed streams we already see on media such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+. TV content will slowly be added to social platforms enabling the consumer to not only know when a certain TV-show has a new episode, but similar to the YouTube movies you watch via news feed streams, you will also be able to watch complete television shows directly from social news feeds. YouTube-TV may become a very big player in this new development.

Future timeline: 2017

• Tigers are going extinct
• The Mammoth will be brought back to life
• The 4TB SD card is introduced

Future timeline: 2018

• Introduction of the ASEAN dollar
• The 1 Petabyte hard drive sees daylight
• Computers break the exaflop barrier
• High-resolution bionic eyes will become commercially available
• Ultra High Definition TV and Holographic displays going mainstream
• Robotic sex-dolls available in sex-shops worldwide

Future timeline: 2020 - 2030

• Singapore - Beijing in less then 8 hours by high-speed rail
• Beijing - Amsterdam in less then 20 hours by high-speed train
• In 2023 the first batch of four human Mars settlers will start their journey to their new home on Mars (Mars One project)

Future timeline: 2030 - 2050

• Resource depletion, combined with soaring poverty and its attendant population explosion and mass-starvation cause world leaders to agree on a global measure to limit births-per-female
• The first permanent Lunar Settlements are being built
• A global / unified monetary unit is being introduced
• Global ban on plastic products and plastic-production

Future timeline: 2050 - 2080

• Settlements are being established in the "higher-earth orbit"

Future timeline: 2080 - 2100

• Start of the "second dark ages"
• Manned exploration of the Oort Cloud

Future timeline: 2100 - 2200

• The first manned interstellar crossing is attempted in a dual-sphere, anti-matter powered, multi-generational starship
• Natural oil reserves have all been used-up