Earth 2050: A glimpse into the future

2030 Washington apartment

Toilets are equipped with mini-laboratories, which produce chemical analysis of the faeces and, if found to deviate from the norm, they recommend the owner to see a doctor. But this is not the only innovation in sanitary ware : under the toilet rim we find sterilising UV lamps, providing 100% protection

# home # medicine

Ian Pearson

28 Dec 2016

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2030 Washington apartment

The floor and walls of the bathroom are clad with tiles that represent displays with built-in speakers. If necessary, the owner can set the program and, with the help of video and audio effects, turn a banal hygiene procedure into, for example, swimming under a waterfall surrounded by tropical forests. A

# home # entertainment

Ian Pearson

28 Dec 2016

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2030

We draw: a picket of several robots in the centre of the city with posters where slogans in binary code are written. The Widespread development of robots and artificial intelligence have necessitated the creation of an appropriate legal framework. A set of documents that regulates the rights of intelligent

# human # society

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2030 London

Mounding of artificial islands and archipelagos, the method that was used to create a row of islands in the United Arab Emirates, has allowed many countries to recover their territories once lost to global warming and rising of sea levels. Thanks to modern technology, some countries have substantially

# nature # construction

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2040 Antarctica

This protected continent is a new "Klondike" or "Eldorado" for the extraction of minerals and fresh water, the last reserve of untapped resources in the world. With the temptation being too great, humanity has decided to conduct a land conversion of Antarctica. The landscape of the continent is changing

# nature

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2040 White Sea

Genetically modified algae, which can accumulate useful elements in their tissues ,have been created. Rhythmically swaying, vast expanses of fields radiate a golden glow from deep below the surface of the water - it's time to harvest gold-bearing algae. This will be carried out by special robots, which

# nature

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 Shanghai

Cities are comprised of multifunctional skyscrapers, each of which is a full-fledged settlement its own right. On some floors, factories operate, on others, offices can be found, there is a room for shops, entertainment centres, and educational institutions - all in addition to residential areas. People

# city # home

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 New-York

According to the UK futurists, in 2050 sexual contact between a person and an electronic device or a robot will occur more frequently than between two people. Futurologist Ian Pearson predicts the spread of sex toys interacting with augmented and virtual reality. New technologies will bring an intimate

# society # family # robots # love

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 Pacific Ocean

Wealthy corporations and wealthy citizens are buying up the world's ocean areas to create their own island states in international waters. Traveling the world, you can easily encounter the enlightened monarchy of King Andre and Queen Steffi, whose coat of arms contains a tennis racket. Or, buy a flag

# society

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 Washington apartment

Technological development is following the path of man’s liberation from "domestic slavery”. A Robot-chef prepares your meal with the help of devices such as a 3D-print-microwave. It also orders food from stores daily or weekly following a list that you have previously compiled. Cleaning duties rest

# home # robots

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 Washington apartment

It is not necessary to go out and choose a convenient place to meet up with friends, chat and have a cup of coffee. Almost every apartment has a cozy corner with equipment that allows you to receive and broadcast full-size 3D-holograms of your interlocutors. All that you need is to agree on a meeting

# home # communication

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 Washington apartment

Armchairs, chairs, sofas - any piece of furniture is able to adapt to the shape of your body and become perfectly comfortable. Personal profiles, which contain parameters of house residents, can be stored in the memory of furniture or be scanned every time by the system. Special attention is given

# home

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050

Those, who love frequent changes of setting and decor have a chance to change their view of things, literally speaking. Although the interior itself is without any frills, with simple colours and textures, special active contact lenses broadcast augmented reality images of rooms directly on the retina,

# home

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 Washington apartment

In a way, the home interior returns to the past of a century before. Like in the 1950s, the space of the apartment is not cluttered with a huge number of appliances. This, of course, does not mean that there is no equipment at all. This just means that all appliances are hidden, almost invisible to a

# home # robots

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050

Maintaining optimal weight and staying in excellent physical shape is not difficult. In each case there is a suitable effective pill. Therefore, biotechnology could mean sports equipment will live on only in the collections of its most zealous fans. With regards to physical exercise, virtual reality

# entertainment # sport

Ian Pearson

31 Dec 2016

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2050 New-York

By 2050 the tallest buildings may be over 50km, again almost exclusively for space travel, and space ports will be more common. Many residents will be androids, but there will also be new biological creatures, genetically designed and lab-assembled, and some might be able to talk and interact well with

# city

Ian Pearson

25 Jan 2017

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2030 New-York

By 2030, we will have substantial numbers of self-driving pods, most will have light rail too and a few cities might have Hyperloop-style rail. There will still be many conventional vehicles so it will be a diverse mixture. The skies won’t have flying cars but will have drones varying in size from small

# transport # city

Ian Pearson

26 Jan 2017

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2040 New-York

By 2040, the need to quickly make high volume, low cost accommodation in megacities will favour mega-buildings that will be up to 10km tall, acting as miniature cities in their own right, probably pyramid-style, with residential, business, shopping, social, cultural and recreational areas or layers.

# city

Ian Pearson

26 Jan 2017

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