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2050 Columbus

By 2050, improvements in interfacing devices with the nervous system will allow replacements of lost limbs with pressure & temperature sensitive prosthetics which will allow amputees to wear a prosthetic with a true sense of touch and reflexes sufficient to catch a ball, feel the difference between

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2050 Columbus

By 2050 improved health monitoring & cancer treatments will have largely eliminated early cancer deaths, and combined with other medical improvements will have increased the average human life span to nearly a century if not longer. Life extension technology will be one of the most heavily funded

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Spin Gravity & Space Hotels

By 2050 there will be a space station with a section under rotation to produce artificial gravity by centrifugal spin. The first one is likely to simulate either Moons or Mars gravity to test the long term health effects of low gravity, and likely be partially funded by or later converted over to a space

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By 2050 virtually all delivery and hazardous environment operations will be conducted either by automated drones or telepresence. It is quite likely that sensors built into apparel will allow fast and intuitive control of such drones for everything from surgery and bomb disposal to controlling robots

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2050 Columbus

Enhancements in the cost, durability, and miniaturization of recording & storage medium will result in most people casually recording events around them almost continuously, with serious positive and negative effects on everything from crime & health to privacy & social relationships. Because

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2050 Columbus

We have a tendency to incorporate circuitry into devices. By 2050 the improvements in miniaturization, production cost, and durability will have extended this to most clothing, either interwoven into garments or as routine accessories like buttons or belts. It will be fairly normal for cameras, data

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