2000

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]

2001

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

2002

2003

2004

04-01. Satellites / Electronics: First commercial applications of plasma force fields appear | P.7 Strong Positive:  P, E, M | [see forecast S03-01]

2005

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"

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

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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2028

28-01. First permanent moon base established. | P .5 |

2029

29-01. First manned mission to Mars opens way for prospecting Mars. | P .6 |

2030

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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2050