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Technology
Track
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2000 |
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00-01.
Computers / Y2K: Most systems
successfully convert to clocks with 4-digit years. | P.9
| Strong Positive | www.usgov.y2k.gov;
Klocks, John P., The End of the World Is Coming, New
York: Crank Press, 1998; [see forecast S00-01]
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2001 |
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01-01.
Wireless Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology (DSSS) to
gather and transmit volume data about stored petroleum products
to central monitoring points provide substantial improvements in
the management of tank-stored resources around the globe. |
P.99
| Strong Positive | www.centeron.net
& www.herman.net
"Trend Alert," by Roger and Joyce Herman
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2002 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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04-01.
Satellites
/ Electronics: First commercial applications of plasma force fields
appear | P.7 Strong Positive: P, E, M | [see forecast S03-01] |
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2005 |
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05-01.
Global population of Internet users = 300 million. | www.wfs.org
The Futurist, Mar-Apr 2001 from Cetron and Davies Report,
"50 Trends Now Chanding the World"
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2008 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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10-01.
95% of industrial world, 50% developing nations online. | www.wfs.org
The Futurist, Mar-Apr 2001 from Cetron and Davies Report,
"50 Trends Now Chanding the World"
10-02.
NY Tokyo, Frankfort transfer points for passengers on high
speed, large-capacity supersonic planes. | ibid.
10-03. Expert Systems will
be used routinely | P .7 |
George Washington University
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2015 |
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2020 |
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2025 |
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2028 |
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28-01.
First permanent moon base established. | P .5 |
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2029 |
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29-01.
First manned mission to Mars opens way for prospecting Mars. | P
.6 |
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2030 |
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30-01.
Computers / Robotics:
"Intelligent" robots and computers a million times
more powerful than 2000 models. | P.7 Strong Positive: S, T;
Moderate Negative: P | [see forecast
S25-01]
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2035 |
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2040 |
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2042 |
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2045 |
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2050 |
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