Canberra

2030 Canberra

Micro sized drones will be invented by mid 2020s based on insect biology and mechanics. The military will want to weaponize it but international treaties will be quickly signed to prevent it. The future drones will be equipped with sensors and be used to turn garbage into micro sized particles. These

# nature # robots

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2050 Canberra

Central Australia will be made habitable because of the growing rate of the world’s population. If current birth, death and immigration rates continue in Australia, the population will reach 40 million by 2050. With rural development eventually leading to urbanisation and demographic transitions in Central

# nature # energy

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2050 Canberra

We draw a municipal building, which, when clicked, shows an e-government server. Gradually, the trajectory of the global political and economic system is changing: from concerns over the shortage of global resources to the imminent threat of environmental catastrophe and its consequences. People come

# society # AI

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2050 Canberra

Rail transport has long been the undisputed leader in terms of passenger and cargo transportation, but about a hundred years ago, it began to be replaced by cars and airplanes. Now trains have taken the lead again, due to significant increases in speed and coverage area, people are more likely to give

# transport

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2050 Canberra

The main disadvantage of umbrellas is their unwieldiness: their domes turn inside out, spokes break, they leak and they splash. All of these annoyances are eliminated with the introduction of a revolutionary new design. It doesn’t have a regular tissue dome, but there is a small motor built into

# clothing # gadgets

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2030 Canberra

Despite the fact that the problem of Internet addiction was seemingly obvious and widespread, it couldn’t be thoroughly studied, primarily due to a lack of clear criteria for its diagnosis. Statistical data on this disorder were very different. For many years, there have been attempts to officially recognise

# threats # medicine

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2030 Canberra

New channels of communication do not substitute the old "classical" methods which can incite major, even global conflicts. The worldwide reach of the Internet in general and social networks, in particular, gives almost unlimited possibilities for the manipulation of mass consciousness. Politicians

# threats # society

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2030 Canberra

We draw a banner with cyber insurance advertisement. An accelerated transition to digital business, as well as a strengthening of links between IT-systems, make cyber threats one of the major global problems of commercial companies. The risk of financial losses is increasing to such an extent that

# threats # business

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2030 Canberra

We draw a blank ads banner, two people are looking at it and each of them sees their own advertising projection. Marketers and advertisers were among the first to take interest in Big Data technologies, and now they are enjoying the benefits. They use a huge variety of data from telecommunications

# business # society

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2030 Canberra

We draw an office of a modern teacher where he or she runs online courses Backstage, a place for shooting. Previously, prestigious universities and colleges conducted a hard-to-pass selection process among those wishing to study there. Now, with physical space being a very questionable concept,

# education

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