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New report details 22nd century technologies

By T.K. Randall
February 15, 2016 ·  18 comments

What will the world be like in the 22nd century ? Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Jonas de Ro Technology has been advancing in leaps and bounds over the last few decades with things like smartphones and the Internet having become commonplace only within the last 20 years or so.

Given this rate of advancement therefore, what will things be like within the next 100 years ?

In a new report co-authored by British space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, scientists have put forward their predictions for the future and for the technologies that could arise by the year 2100.

Of particular note will be solutions to overpopulation such as "earthscrapers" - large buildings built below the ground rather than on top of it - and sophisticated underwater cities built inside gigantic bubbles that will make it possible to extract water, air and other resources from the ocean itself.More traditional skyscrapers could become more common as well - especially very tall ones built in existing cities where space is limited and the need for housing is constantly increasing.

Other technologies predicted in the report include 3D-printed housing, health-diagnosis pods that can tell automatically when someone is ill, 3D-printed food 'replicators' and even mood-sensing monitors that can re-arrange the layout of your house to suit your preferences.

There is even the possibility that cars will be superceded by passenger drones that can collect you from anywhere and then carry you to your destination completely autonomously.

"Over the next century we will witness further seismic shifts in the way we live and interact with our surroundings," said Dr Aderin-Pocock. "Just 10 years ago, technology like SmartThings ( home monitoring software ) would have been inconceivable, yet today developments like this let us monitor, control and secure our living spaces with the touch of a smartphone."

Source: Telegraph | Comments (18)

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