Earthman

Armchairs have become as convenient as possible for anyone who sits in them. An Integrated computer recognises body parameters, makes calculations - The backrest and seat take the necessary shape and position, which facilitates maximum comfort.

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2030 Washington apartment

# home # gadgets

Traditional linear TV has finally sunk into oblivion, giving way to streaming. This is not surprising, because Internet TV offers the viewer the opportunity to manage content: watch programs at the viewer’s convenience,pause, rewind or fast-forward at your leisure. Moreover, the signal transmission quality

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2030 Washington apartment

# home # entertainment # gadgets

The Jetpack has become more secure and lightweight, and has begun to comprise part of Special Services equipment. With its help, you can manoeuvre in anurban environment and react quickly to emergency situations.

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2030 Shanghai

# transport # city

The central areas of big cities have turned into a green zone, where only the means of transportation allowed are bicycles. At the same time, by rotating the pedals, the cyclist generates electric power - and then, if he or she is in a hurry, a bicycle can be switched to a scooter mode. If it is necessary

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2030 New-York

# transport # city

Finally, officeworkers can be sure that the food they have brought for lunch won’t be eaten by anyone else - other people's food (either my mistake ormaliciously) cannot be taken from the refrigerator. This applianceis equipped with a biometric handle, which, when touched, scans fingerprints and

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2030 Brasilia

# food # work

Chinese engineers have created a special fabric coating made of titanium dioxide with self-cleaning properties and the ability to kill bacteria. This material can be used to create, for example, super-socks: always clean; no washing required, which means that the second sock will no longer be lost in

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2030 Washington apartment

# clothing # home

Once the experiment swith spray-on pantyhose had proved to be successful, designers began to consider the possibility of creating other items of clothing. Nothing to wear? Simply spray non-woven fabric from the bottle, model this substance directly on the body according to one’s taste, and the dress

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2030 Shanghai

# clothing

Graphene (A carbon modification: one atom thick) has found its application in light industry. The structure of graphene, ‘installed’ into the fabric fibres, helped to create T-shirts and shirts that do not get dirty and do not wear out for up to 200 years. Graphene textiles can be given different, sometimes

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2030 New-York

# clothing

Trendy ladies and gentlemen no longer need to try on clothes in front of the mirror. Smart Mirrors are able to demonstrate not only a real reflection, but also to show it with any article of clothing in various combinations. And they can also enable women to look at their appearance with different make-up

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2030 Washington apartment

# clothing # home

We draw a sub-station that distributes electric power to appliances without wires Remote electrical energy transmission eliminates cable clutter and the need for multiple splitters and extenders. Outlets gave way to sub-stations attached to the every room ceiling which power appliances remotely. Among

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2030 Washington apartment

# home

Every car buyer can have a shot at car design: the frame remains standard, but the body can be designed independently in the program for three-dimensional modeling. The body is printed by manufacturer with the help of a 3D-printer and delivered to the customer in a ready-to-use condition.

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2030 Brasilia

# transport

3D-printers are affordable for any person on an average income and have become a standard household appliance. It suffices to download a model of a desired item from the Internet and send it to the printer. Its dimensions are limited by the printable area: richer people can afford expensive equipment

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2030 Washington apartment

# clothing # home

Housing is becoming more independent in terms of energy and does not require a centralised electricity supply. Houses have private stations, which use solar panels and wind generators – these environmentally friendly sources of energy are enough to fully meet the domestic demand for electricity. This

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2030 New-York

# home # energy

The construction of the long-awaited tunnel that has established a convenient and high-speed transport link between continental Europe and Scandinavia has been finished. It connects the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland. Initially, A bridge was planned, but a tunnel subsequently

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2030 Fehmarn

# transport

We draw a system of sensors scattered around the city Unique information generation and its transmission is not tasked to humans. Most industrial devices and objects - from very small details to huge systems – are equipped with environmental sensors. Why not put all this information to use and manage

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2030 New-York

# city # AI

Work in the MOE became much safer after anthropomorphic robots had been introduced. They replace people in situations when the life of a rescuer is at risk: a huge fire with toxic gas emissions, the possibility of explosion. As for rescuers, they have mechanical exoskeletons at their disposal, which

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4

2030 Sochi

# robots

Now, you can hold a business meeting or a romantic dinner in an unforgettable place. Imagine soft music, delicious food, and the vast space of the ocean around you - A myriad of fish float by, fancy seaweed and kelp sway, underwater life goes on all around you, as faint beams of light strafe the several

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2030 New-York

# food # city # entertainment

Development and improvement of virtual reality, the use of the Internet for educational, working and career purposes led to a distinct isolation of the individual. The number of married couples has been steadily decreasing, the value of the institution of marriage itself is minimised. Communication and

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2030 New-York

# human # family # society # love

We draw a company office where several people sit surrounded by servers and robots carrying out the work. The application area of portable electronic devices is expanding, which leads to an increase in the number of "paperless" offices and a reduction in jobs where people can be replaced by computers

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2030 Shanghai

# work

On the dashboard, we draw a screen that transmits information about neighbouring cars to the driver, their insurance record and assesses the probability of collision. Vehicles are connected to form a single network and are in constant interaction. This allows you to carry out all kinds of manoeuvres

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2030 Shanghai

# transport # city

According to futurist Thomas Frey, by 2030, robots will replace human drivers. This will solve the problem of road safety and traffic management. But at the same time, it will leave huge numbers of people out of work: thousands of taxi drivers, truck drivers, couriers, together with traffic police and

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2030 New-York

# transport # city # society

Synthetic biology changes our lives as profoundly as the internet did. As you remember, self-taught hackers and gamers contributed to the development of the latter. We see history repeating - Many breakthrough innovations in synthetic biology come from ordinary people - from self-taught biologists and

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2030 New-York

# society # biotech

Traditional forms of automobile wheels are being replaced with spherical ones. This solution has significantly increased manoeuvrability, and diagonal parking has became a pure pleasure. Most importantly - a spherical wheel, held in a magnetic field, simplifies the construction of suspension to a great

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2030 Shanghai

# transport # city

Cars that are able to transform depending on the traffic specifics have become widespread. If a long journey awaits you, a car of a medium size sprouts wings and moves through the air; and in dense urban traffic it turns back into a compact city car.

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2030 New-York

# transport # city

The World Health Organisation issues a statement claiming that the HIV-AIDS epidemic is considered to be localised and eradicated. The statement also claims that the main obstacle for the localisation of the epidemic was the fact that a large number of people infected with the virus were unaware of it.

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2030 Geneve

# medicine

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,

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2030 Canberra

# education

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

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2030 Canberra

# society # business

Never before in the history of mankind has the role of energy from renewable sources been so crucial. 30% of global electrical energy is "clean" and produced by the sun, wind, tide and other renewable sources. It is still, however, experimental. Investments in the development of new sources of "clean"

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2030 Geneve

# energy

What once caused so much destruction and loss is finally bringing benefits to people. Corrosive bacteria have been known since the XX century when they were thought of as a menace but now, after a small genetic adjustment, they began to serve humanity. Now you do not need to waste time on the complicated

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2030 New-York

# city # construction

According to credible sources, the Internet can be accessed on over 85% of the Earth's surface. Internet access is mostly wireless and very cheap. There are special projects for the poorest parts of the Earth, which provide access to the global network for free. However, it includes only a set of basic

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2030 Menlo Park

# communication

Numerous farms and plantations for algae cultivation are built in the vastness of the oceans. This is an agricultural breakthrough that eliminated wasting time and money on weeding and watering. Harvesting is carried out by robots. There are monetary savings as well as a more efficient use of natural

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2030 Pacific Ocean

# nature # food

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2030 Hurghada

# nature

Trained dolphins have been serving people ever since the Second World War. Now, Man has finally managed to domesticate dolphins in their natural habitat and utilise their intelligence for his own means. Now, dolphins help man to fish – just as was the case with dogs and hunting. Dolphin language

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2030 Indian Ocean

# nature

A new ISS development strategy demanded technological breakthroughs. Traditional metal structures are being replaced with sophisticated inflatable modules with a flexible membrane. They are delivered to the orbit in a folded state, connected to the station by a robotic arm and then inflated to the required

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37

2030 Houston

# space

The advantage of Big Data compared to traditional scientific methods is obvious, however, there are justified concerns that their application will lead to total surveillance and violation of civil liberties. Confidentiality and security of personal information is not guaranteed, not only online, but

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5

2030 Shanghai

# society # privacy

Vessels with no living soul aboard navigate vast oceans. These are not ghost ships, but real tankers, bulk carriers and container ships. This is possible thanks to the ‘Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications’ (AAWA) project that was launched in 2015 and has become fully-fledged and widespread. Today,

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2030 Atlantic Ocean

# transport

Road surfaces are now a multifunctional complex, which serve to complete a number of tasks. The use of nano-additives from waste tires makes the paving more secure, environmentally friendly, durable, and therefore economical. Lighting systems, which turn on only when a moving vehicle is detected,

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2030 Shanghai

# transport # city

Two-thirds of the world's cocoa was produced in the African continent. But with drought, soil depletion, the resulting decrease in yields, farmers fleeing from abusive working conditions, cocoa prices went up sharply around the world. Pralines and other confectionery are now produced from tomatoes, dandelion,

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2030 Daloa

# food

After the world’s first satellite designed for quantum science experiments had been successfully launched in August 2016, China entered the active phase of experiments based on the technology of quantum teleportation. For the first time in the history of the world, it is possible to transfer quantum

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2030 Shanghai

# communication

The international community is contemplating legislative prohibition on the use of virtual space for computer wars. Such unprecedented measures are caused by frequent cases of cyber-attacks on government offices, the world's major financial and business centres and the key infrastructure facilities. With

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2030 New-York

# threats

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

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2030 Canberra

# threats # business

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

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2030 Canberra

# threats # society

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

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2030 Canberra

# threats # medicine

There is much more space in apartments due to the cavity wall modules, which are built in large interior objects: furniture and household appliances. The desired object unfolds or moves out of its compartment by pressing a button. Thus, the space can be easily rearranged: depending on the current needs,

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2040 Washington apartment

# home

All kitchen appliances are integrated in a single system under the control of a computer. It communicates with the owner through a three-dimensional hologram of the chef, which offers a choice of food and drinks. You can just input the menu for the day: The kitchen will prepare the ordered food for the

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2030 Washington apartment

# food # home

In accordance with the national security program, the system of bio-repositories was established in most developed countries. These are stores of biological material samples and a database of genomic information of each inhabitant of the country. To implement this program, every citizen has at least

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2040 New-York

# human # medicine # biotech

Children are no longer required to keep their arms on the desk and straighten their backs. They all have comfortable, ergonomic chairs, adapting to each student, and the surface of a desk has turned into a multifunctional space that participates actively in the learning process. It is possible to write

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2040 Moscow

# society # education

Rock and mountain climbing equipment makes use of materials with the texture and qualities of a gecko's toe pads. These lizards are renowned for their ability to hold on to and traverse surfaces vertically or even upside down. They are effective on walls, ceilings, glass or any other smooth surface.

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2040 New-York

# entertainment # gadgets # sport

The idea of mobility and independence is embodied in the housing. Many experts who often move from one place to another opt for mobile container homes - mini-lofts - instead of constantly changing houses and flats. Their total area is small - 50-60 square meters - but the space is well thought-out, and

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2040 Berlin

# home # city # construction

Counters in catering establishments are replaced by touch screens. You can flick through the menu and order something, and, while you wait for the food, you can watch a movie, read the news or have fun playing a computer game. When a visitor is ready to go, the table will bill him or her and accept payment.

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2040 New-York

# food # city

Information in a text format all but disappears, giving way to its visual embodiment. First, newspapers went out of business, having, predictably, lost the battle with the Internet. They have disappeared in developed countries. Books are going to face the same fate soon. People’s ability to perceive

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2040 New-York

# society # education

In order to improve the quality of recreation and life in general, engineers have attended to the task of reducing irritants during the night (light, shrill sounds, background noise, etc.). The production of equipment, machinery, motors that emanate high levels of noise is legally restricted. Architects

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2040 New-York

# human # biotech

Ambitious expectations of building a career are on their way out - by 2040 it won’t make sense to anyone. The emphasis is shifting towards small business and freelance. According to futurologists, these forms of business will form the basis of the world economy, rather than multinational corporations. The

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2040 New-York

# work # business

No more traffic jams and the stress of the commute! There is no sense in spending all day in the office. What is more, the majority of employees don’t have an office. If the head of department lives in Australia and his colleague is in Guatemala, this does not prevent them from working on a new mutual

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2040 Barcelona

# work

The internal combustion engine is becoming outdated: it is going to be replaced in the environmental technology market by eco-tecnology. In particular, by vehicles with a rigid sail on the roof, which automatically rotates with the wind. Of course, the wind does not push the car forward like a sailing

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2040 New-York

# transport # energy

Airships, which until recently were considered an obsolete form of aviation, receive a new impetus for development. Vehicles with a load capacity of up to 60 tons, capable of reaching speeds of 140 km/h, have become much safer and more efficient than their predecessors. With their help, there is ongoing

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2040 Tomsk

# transport

We draw a part of the highway outside of the city and stations inside the cities The whole world is covered with a transport system called the Hyper Loop, where capsules on magnetic cushions circulate. Inside its pipes, special conditions are created, which allows capsules weighing about half a ton

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2030 Shanghai

# transport

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2040 New-York

# transport

Riots caused by food shortages have swept across many regions of the world. The international community is facing collapse due to the fact that the demand for food is constantly exceeding production capabilities. According to experts, the growing demand is exacerbated by such factors as climate change,

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2040 Abuja

# food # society

Patrolling disadvantaged areas, policing at football matches and other hazardous police duties are delegated to robots. Mechanical policemen, resembling people, are able to recognise speech and engage in dialogue, work in groups, if necessary, and even have weapons at their disposal - though non-lethal:

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2040 Shanghai

# city # robots # government

Rampaging in crowded places and getting away with is no longer possible: Law enforcement agencies learn about all participants of unsanctioned protests and demonstrations. Microscopic sensors that stick to clothes and skin are sprayed over crowds; enabling police to track and prosecute every rioter.

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2040 New-York

# city # robots # government

The entire city has turned into an augmented reality zone, which can be experienced by using compact equipment - glasses or lenses. Price tags in stores, menus in restaurants, schedules at public transport stops have become virtual. The urban landscape is filled with information of all kinds, which can

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2040 Shanghai

# city # gadgets

Bionic prostheses have appeared: mechanical limbs controlled by software. After receiving an impulse from the brain, the program converts it into a certain action, so that the functions of an artificial arm or leg are virtually indistinguishable from a real limb. Moreover, it can even transfer tactile

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2040 Shanghai

# human # biotech

The widespread introduction of new technologies and paperless media have allowed the planet to go green again. The terrible, barren patches in the Amazon tropical forests, the Russian Taiga forests, and even the virtually wiped-out Borneo forests have been completely restored. This was realised by scientists,

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10

2040 Manaus

# nature

Climate change gives an unexpectedly powerful impetus to the development of Siberia. Especially for agriculture. The Northern climatic border of crops growing moves a distance of 70 km every 10 years! The favourable position of the large Siberian rivers - Ob, Yenisey and Lena - can easily provide ample

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2040 Tomsk

# nature

Just a few decades ago, a holiday on a hot beach was the highlight of the year for many people, but now underwater travel has caught on. So much beauty can be observed during these underwater adventures: the Great Barrier Reef, the Mariana Trench, countless schools of exotic fish, whales and deep-sea

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2040 The Mariana Trench

# transport # entertainment

Despite criticism of the high rate of expenditure on the ISS, it had been run to the full until 2020. Most systems were in usable workable condition so that all five partners (Russia, US, EU, Japan and Canada) decided to continue using the ISS while replacing the outdated and damaged sections with new

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2040 Houston

# space

An ultra-thin membrane with integrated sensors shaped like the patient's heart monitors the pulse, its temperature, the loads and stresses it undergoes and informs doctors of any disturbing changes long before a patient feels pain. It is important that membrane installation is non-invasive: It is

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2040 Boston

# medicine # biotech

Agricultural decline in most countries is linked to the fresh water shortage, drought and, as a result, the loss of fertile land. A chronic lack of fresh water for irrigation could jeopardise the entire industry, so an efficient and cost-effective way to desalinate sea water is needed to give a chance

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2040 Algiers

# nature

Semisynthetic composition capable of regeneration within a few hours is only one of the possibilities of protocell application. Having mixed several types protocells, manufacturers began to receive materials with unusual properties that are used, for example, to produce 3D-sneakers. These shoes will

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2050 New-York

# clothing

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

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2050 Canberra

# clothing # gadgets

Instead of ready-made clothing and footwear, manufacturers sell "semi-finished" products: A model design for a 3D-printer. Buying this model, the customer chooses the appropriate size, colour, pattern, and the presence or absence of additional details. All that remains to be done is to load a model into

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2050 Washington apartment

# clothing

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

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2050 Canberra

# transport

Scientists have found a way to increase the speed of thought, which means that we won’t make bad decisions or panic and freeze in a stressful situation. It was made possible due to a combination of advanced nano-technology and the achievements of neuroscientists. They have worked tirelessly and ingeniously

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4

2050 New-York

# human # medicine # biotech

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

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2050 Canberra

# society # AI

No matter how great the temptation to delegate responsibilities related to global problems to artificial intelligence may be, not all are willing to accept such a fundamental change in the political landscape. On the one hand, AI is completely trusted to exert control over agriculture, mining, industry

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2050 London

# society # AI

We draw a football match between people robots Cybernetic athletes have mastered not only simple (running, jumping), but also challenging team sports that require interaction with each other. In this case we are talking about full autonomy: robots are not controlled by man and make their own decisions.

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2050 New-York

# robots # sport

Despite the fact that the planet is home to more than 10 billion people, the question of overpopulation has been successfully resolved. Megapolises have been built on the ocean surface. There are drifting apartment complexes as well as stationary ones. These have been brought about by modern construction

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2050 Singapore

# home # city # construction

Just as the older generation could not get used to the fact that treatment and prosthetic reconstruction can be quite painless, women will no longer fear pain during birth by 2050. There have already been attempts to apply anaesthesia, however, patients and doctors themselves were not sure of its complete

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2050 New-York

# human # family # medicine # biotech

"When are you going to have children? Don't leave it too long – time is ticking away, " - by 2050, this phrase will be laughable. According to American reproduction experts, modern technology will enable men and women of childbearing age to freeze their ova and sperm and then undergo a sterilisation

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2050 Singapore

# family # society # medicine # biotech

Artificial insemination will become more available and safer for women. Also, the conception and birth of a healthy baby will be guaranteed. Such a forecast was made by experts on reproductive behaviour at Stanford University (USA). For this reason, sex will lose its reproductive function, and the social

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2050 Brasilia

# family # society # medicine # love

Globalisation makes long-distance travel a daily occurrence. This means that vehicle manufacturers are focused on increasing speed. In particular, civil aviation breaks all records: in 2050, a New York - Tokyo flight aboard a supersonic aircraft will take three hours. This airliner is completely devoid

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2050 Tokyo

# transport

The development of nanotechnology has allowed the passengers of a completely opaque car to see everything that is going on outside. The material of the cars’ body panels is made of millions of tiny nano-cameras. They broadcast video which looks incredibly realistic thanks to a very high resolution.

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2050 Barcelona

# transport

Previously, one of the main causes of traffic jams was cargo transportation: large-capacity vehicles occupied a lot of space on the road and moved slowly. By 2050, the problem was finally solved: separate underground lines have been created for cargo transportation, not only under metropolitan areas,

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2050 Stuttgart

# transport

The world has come up against an unexpected problem. According to doctors, the global spread of myopia has all the characteristics of a pandemic. In 2050, myopia affects at least 49.8% of the world population - or nearly 5 billion people in absolute terms. In addition, 1 billion people

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2050 Singapore

# human # medicine

Classes, home assignments and marks - all these belong to the distant past. Now school is a place where you can have fun and socialise with your peers. Finally, every students’ dream has come true: distance learning in many disciplines. Therefore, everyone can acquire a knowledge of physics or biology

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2050 Dubai

# education

We draw people with different printed limbs. Three-dimensional printing has proved to be a real breakthrough in medicine: you can create almost any organ required for transplantation using a 3D-printer. This has reduced the price greatly and made complex operations available to the public, as well

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2030 Dubai

# human # medicine # biotech

Never before in the history of mankind has the role of energy from renewable sources been so crucial. 30 % of global electrical energy is "clean" and produced by sun, wind, tide and other renewable sources, yet it remains at an experimental stage. Investments in the development of new sources of "clean"

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2050 Dubai

# nature # energy

The Arctic region is the most sensitive to global warming – its temperature is rising two times faster than elsewhere in the world. The "Ice cap" of the Earth is melting rapidly, and by the middle of the XXI century, water expanses of the Arctic are almost free of ice in summer. This certainly opens

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2050 Arctic

# nature

New Zealand became the first country in the world to accomplish a total zoological "reset". That is, biocoenosis was returned to its original state - before the appearance of the white man. All invasive species of plants and animals were eliminated leaving only the native. Millions of European sparrows,

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2050 Wellington

# nature

A fully-fledged bidirectional brain-computer interface is becoming the dominant system for an efficient information exchange between the human brain and any electronic device. Its most common implementation is in the form of an implantable chip that uses biofeedback. These conditions have paved the

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2050 New-York

# threats # human # gadgets # biotech

Algae is used as raw materials for biofuel. This has freed up arable land that was previously used to grow raw materials for biofuels. Moreover, power provided by certain algae types is several times higher than that of land plants from which fuel was produced in the past.

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2050 Tokyo

# nature # energy

Good news: out of all of the climate change scenarios suggested by the UN, RCP2.6 has worked out, that this is the most optimistic one. All States have realised the seriousness of the global warming threat and rallied their forces to work on common goals. Bad news: it's still far from a happy ending.

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2050 Dhaka

# nature

Global marine fish stocks have almost given out. This has happened because of constant overfishing and environmental degradation especially in places of spawning. Although it is a big problem, it is not irreversible. World renowned scientists believe that its solution lies in the consolidation

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2050 Atlantic Ocean

# nature

The Psychological and physiological issues facing long-term space flight are resolved, the same is true for life-sustaining measures in an emergency, when professional medical assistance cannot be provided quickly. A state wherethe body of a living being preserves its vital functions with the slowing

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2040 Vostochny

# human # biotech

Teachers are no longer required, they will be replaced by training course designers: in the future, the focus will shift from general education to a targeted one. This means that coaches will be in demand - targeted training experts on a specific request or problem, as well as employees of 'education

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2050 Brasilia

# society # education

Almost every inhabitant of the Earth has at least one biotech implant or implanted microchip. Computers, and Google Glass are now the size of contact lenses. Now, to find a necessary media file, it is enough to blink, a playback function is available directly to visual and auditory nerves. This opens

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2050 New-York

# entertainment # gadgets # biotech

Technology will become so widespread, and most importantly - affordable, cheap and fast that the majority of eateries and cafes will exist in the format of automatic machines equipped with 3D-printers.The scope of this technology will enable the user to cook a dish from any cuisine in a few minutes,

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2050 New-York

# food

Carbon fibre, more lightweight, durable and resilient than aluminium and steel, is widely used in aircraft. This enables fuel economy and a great degree of freedom in design. An ordinarily narrow fuselage becomes more voluminous and curved to enhance streamlining, greater passenger comfort and technical

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2050 Bristol

# transport

Food can not only be consumed, but also inhaled. Devices that allow food to be sprayed (especially in liquid form) by ultrasound, turning it into a mist are becoming incredibly popular. You need only take a tube and inhale the course - main or dessert. This form allows to taste all ingredients and the

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2030 Washington apartment

# food

Finally, pseudo-3D glasses and the ridiculous illusion that has passed for a three-dimensional image on a flat screen are sinking into oblivion. Now, you don’t need to agree on a compromise in order to watch a film with realistic three-dimensional images. The movie industry is enriched with filming technologies

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2040 Los Angeles

# entertainment

The idea of placing the airport as close as possible to the business centre of London had been in the mind of architects since the 30s of XX century. After 100 years, this bold idea has become a reality. New London Britannia Airport was built in the Thames estuary. The terminals are placed on giant

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2030 London

# transport # city

The "Bio-pyramid", an unusual architectural, cultural and environmental project, is being set up in Egypt. Ancient buildings in Giza are complemented by a transparent dome in the "eco-tech" style. Inside, a special microclimate is created, which allows this parched piece of desert to turn green once

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2030 Cairo

# nature # construction

The unexpected Aurora in Chernobyl – that is the name given by architects to the glowing skyscraper made of units that can clean the air and water by absorbing radiation. The concept behind the design was to pay respect to the tragic events of 1986 and to build a well-protected home for the residents

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2030 Chernobyl

# nature # construction

Dikson is the northernmost town in Russia, located on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. It has a harsh climate and few residents. But the world is changing. Global warming will inevitably lead to the active development of the Arctic region. A small settlement, divided by a strait, half a kilometre long,

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2040 Dikson

# nature # city

The amount of information is snowballing: each transaction, recording, e-mail, each shot from a surveillance camera and even every click of the mouse are stored on servers. What to do with all this? Build a skyscraper for this information, that’s what! In Iceland, a giant data processing and storage

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2030 Reykjavik

# city # construction

It becomes fashionable to have one’s own intellectual drone that functions as a personal assistant. It always follows the owner at a comfortable distance, can take pictures and shoot videos, send and receive personal e-mail, call the police or a doctor if the owner is in danger, or function as a courier. Personal

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2040 Shanghai

# gadgets

Drone technology has become part of everyday life, and the number of drones is increasing at an unprecedented rate. To provide an effective framework for the operation and upkeep of personal and commercial drones, a project aimed at the creation of high-rise terminals and service stations for parking,

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2040 Shanghai

# city # gadgets

Human psychology has not changed: people still like to interact with pets and be surrounded by beauty. The only thing that is is in question is the form and comfort of these fast-changing conditions. Scientists propose genetically modified organisms as pets: small copies of large animals, hypoallergenic

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2040 Washington apartment

# nature # robots

The fact that shape and colour can strongly influence human emotions has long been well-known. Now this knowledge has been adopted by clothing and interior designers, who use scientific psychotextiles in everyday life. These are knitted fabrics with purpose-made electrochromic composite yarns. They can

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2030 Singapore

# clothing

Compact and portable electronics, are extremely popular. To solve the main problem of constant battery energy consumption, scientists have found a way to charge batteries literally on the move. Clothing and accessories are made of sufficiently strong and flexible fabric that is able to generate energy

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2030 Seoul

# clothing # gadgets # energy

Medicine has always been crucial to the success of a society. And society has always sought to streamline the health care work flow. Adaptive intelligent medical complexes (Trans-Pital) represent another step towards common sense. These hospitals are not rigid constructions, designed to stay in one configuration

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2040 Dubai

# society # medicine

Music is not immune to progress. It develops and undoubtedly becomes richer and more diverse due to modern technologies. New musical instruments serve as the most illustrative example. For example, following the laser harp, laser beams are used in other instruments. The principle of their operation is

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2030 London

# entertainment

Droughts used to be common in California. With the onset of the global warming, the entire region was at risk of an economic and environmental disaster. Before it was too late, architects came up with a long-term innovation project - Cloud Crafts - towers capable of generating rain and snow clouds. They

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8

2050 Los Angeles

# nature

Following several unsuccessful attempts, the International oceanic station has opened. Just like the ISS (a space environment research laboratory), it becomes a global research centre for the study of the sea and finding more efficient ways to combat environmental disasters. The Ocean Station structure

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2050 Pacific Ocean

# nature

Traditional meat products are being replaced by delicacies made out of insects. And, if in Asia and Africa it is considered quite normal, marketers have to work hard to change centuries-old food prejudices of the Europeans. The task of turning grasshoppers, ants and caterpillars into delicious dishes

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2030 London

# nature # food

After being asked what to do with a rapidly growing population of jellyfish in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the UN answered in a very non-standard way: "Eat them!". Especially because some species of jellyfish have been on the menu for hundred years in China. Scientists, for their part, help

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2030 Black Sea

# nature # food

For those who do not want to bother with cooking and consider it a waste of time, there is an alternative option. Photosynthetic algae symbionts, which provide humans with most of their required nutrients, are implanted under the skin. Since people produce heat, regardless of the time of year and temperature

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2050 Shanghai

# food # human # biotech

Astronauts on board the ISS have been tapping into the opportunity to obtain regenerated water for a long time - for example, from vapours and waste. The European Space Agency has gone several steps further further and offered the much-improved Melissa system - an alternative micro-ecological life-support

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2030 Paris

# space

Film directors successfully experiment with showing their films on multiplanar, kinetic screens, consisting of millions of pulsing cube-pixels. Their movement is subject to the plot of the film, sound and the projected image, creating an additional artistic effect. This can be called a creative genre

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2030 Los Angeles

# entertainment

Cities with complete recycling are built throughout the world. They use the energy of the sun, wind, water, and process human waste. They fit into the natural landscape and don’t cause harm to the environment. Technologies, which were created in the early 21 century, beginning with Masdar City in the

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2040 New-York

# threats # entertainment # biotech

Electricity consumers located in the same apartment or belonging to the same owner can exchange the energy accumulated in their batteries through direct communication with each other. For example, at some point, it may be more efficient to spend the energy accumulated in the car battery, rather than

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2050 Washington apartment

# home # city # energy

Cities are covered with multifunctional skyscrapers, each of which is a full-fledged settlement. On some floors factories operate, on others offices are situated, there is a room for shops, entertainment centers, and educational institutions - all in addition to residential areas. People can lead a full

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2050 Shanghai

# city

After the world’s first satellite designed for quantum science experiments had been successfully launched in August 2016, China entered the active phase of experiments based on the technology of quantum teleportation. For the first time in the history of the world, it is possible to transfer quantum

25 Jan 2017

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2030 Shanghai

# city # communication

One of the main problems of Shanghai has always been its overcrowding and the environmental and social issues that go hand-in-hand with it. By 2040, Shanghai authorities have deliberately limited the resident population to somewhere in the range of 25 million people. The city now embodies the idea of

27 Jan 2017

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2040 Shanghai

# city

Remote electrical energy transmission saved home from cable clutter, multiple splitters and extenders. Outlets gave way to sub-stations attached to the every room ceiling: all appliances are powered by them distantly. Among other advantages, this solution has made home a safer place, especially for

27 Jan 2017

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2030 Washington apartment

# home

There is much more space in apartments due to the cavity wall modules, which are built in large interior objects: furniture and household appliances. By pressing a button, the desired object unfolds or moves out of its compartment. Thus, the space can be easily rearranged: depending on the current

27 Jan 2017

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2040 Washington apartment

# home

Instead of ready-made clothing and footwear, manufacturers sell "semi-finished" products: model design for a 3D-printer. Buying this model, the customer chooses the appropriate size, color, pattern, presence or absence of additional decorations. What remains to be done is to load a model into

31 Jan 2017

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2050 Washington apartment

# clothing # home

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

16 Feb 2017

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2

2050 Barcelona

# city # society

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.

16 Feb 2017

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2040 Barcelona

# city

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

23 Feb 2017

30

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2030 Barcelona

# transport # city

Developers are singling out industrial zones as huge land reserves that can be used to expand the city within its current limits. Abandoned hectares are quickly transformed for the better: old factories are replaced by modern residential areas and whole neighbourhoods with elaborate social infrastructure

23 Feb 2017

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2030 Moscow

# city

Urbanists and architects have wanted to include the whole length of the embankment into the city space for a while and now they are finally making this dream come true. The Moskva-river is becoming an important arterial road. 39 global and local centres of city life with river ports are being created

28 Aug 2017

22

2

2040 Moscow

# city

Moscow is adapting to the changing infrastructure, including a new transportation system. The share of air and cable transport is increasing which leaves all the problems of traffic jams in the past. The traditional horizontal scheme is replaced by a new

28 Aug 2017

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8

2050 Moscow

# city

Urbanists and architects have long wanted to include the whole length of the embankment into the city space and now they are finally making this dream come true. The Moskva-river is becoming an important arterial road. 39 global and local centres of city life with river ports are being created along

28 Aug 2017

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6

2030 Moscow

# nature # city

Moscow is adapting to the changing infrastructure, including new transport. The share of air and suspension transport is increasing which leads to new types of development, based on 3D structures of mutual connection. Traditional horizontal scheme is replaced by a new horizontal-vertical one. With

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2040 Moscow

# city # construction

The solution to transport problems in the growing city would be a new quadcopter taxi. It will safely transport passengers in secure capsules equipped with safety parachutes. A person in the cabin won't need to know or do anything. Autonomous system will guarantee take-off after selection and confirmation

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2050 Moscow

# transport

Global warming is changing annual temperatures in Moscow, disproportionately increasing the number of peaks. With each year anomalies will continue to become more frequent. To create ideal conditions independent of climate in 2030, Moscow will see new elite residential buildings where weather is regulated

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2030 Moscow

# home # city # construction

One of the most interesting projects in Moscow in 2050 will be Luxury Eco-Zeppelins - a floating hotel. Its guests will be able to enjoy an unusual view of the city while flying above the capital. A London-based design company Seymourpowell has created the concept for a future hotel. It’s a vertical

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27

2050 Moscow

# city # entertainment

Future predicted by fantasy writers is not here yet and cars still don’t fly. Despite all government efforts, traffic jams remain an important problem in big cities. To unload main highways, Moscow follows the example of Shanghai and Tokyo and starts building multilevel roads. Free roads are on the lower

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35

2030 Moscow

# transport # city

Space tourism is no longer something exotic although it remains quite expensive. New noiseless technologies of space launch make it possible to build space ports within the city. In the centre of Moscow the largest space port in Europe «Gagarin» is being built and it is both a space museum and an entertainment

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2050 Moscow

# entertainment # space

By 2050 a new network of satellites exists on the Earth’s orbit that projects ads into the atmosphere. They use solar batteries to gather the energy for such a powerful signal. Each satellite can project several images at the same time on the specific part of the sky. Now, when looking at the sky, no

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18

2050 Moscow

# entertainment # space

Developers are pointing out industrial zones as a huge land reserve that can be used to expand the city within its current limits. Acres of abandoned spaces are quickly being transformed for the better: Old factories are replaced with modern residential areas, and whole neighborhoods with elaborate social

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2030 Moscow

# city # construction

A grand reorganization of “Sokolniki” park is coming to an end. Pedestrians and cars are separated. Losiny Ostrov National Park is now connected with the very center of Sokolniki by an ecological path. As you walk through the city park, with its cafés, exhibition center, and sport and educational spaces,

12 Sep 2017

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2030 Moscow

# nature # city # construction

Global warming has disproportionately changed the number of temperature spikes per year. Average summer temperatures have changed by only 1 degree in the past few decades, but the number of hot days have tripled. Instead of the previous 6-8 days, now the temperature goes above 30°C 20 days a year. Inevitably,

12 Sep 2017

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2050 Moscow

# nature # city

Construction in the city, which has always been ahead in this sphere, is developing quickly. The most modern and energy efficient technologies available, such as 3D-printing, are used. This approach has brought industry and transport to a whole new level — for example,

12 Sep 2017

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2030 Dubai

# city # construction

City administration has started developing the infrastructure more actively. It has led to a growth of driverless transportation. Autonomous driving has become a norm for both public and private transport, helping decrease a number of accidents and optimise traffic

10 Nov 2017

17

2

2040 Dubai

# transport # city

Non-standard application of the laws of physics has found unexpected usage in architecture and construction. For the first time ever, buildings have been built which are not attached to the Earth’s surface. This became possible due to the tremendous success of space technology

10 Nov 2017

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4

2050 Dubai

# city # construction

By 2030 the city has become interactive due to the ubiquitous introduction of smart surfaces. Any ordinary wall can now help a tourist find their way. Ecology is a priority. Flying, swimming and crawling robots clean city streets and coastal waters. These eco-machines

10 Nov 2017

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2030 Singapore

# city

City objects now use not only ecologically clean energy sources but they also recycle. Residential and public buildings are made to look similar to natural landscapes to increase their climate sustainability and to lower the negative impact of human activity on the environment. Automatisation

28 Nov 2017

18

3

2040 Singapore

# city # construction

A new architectural trend is to fully merge architecture and nature. Achievements in genetic engineering have made it possible to literally grow residential buildings. Huge house-trees are good for ecology and greatly benefit the city as a whole: they are not just

28 Nov 2017

29

1

2050 Singapore

# city

New Singaporean architecture reflects the impact that ecological concerns and rational resource consumption have had on it. New eco-buildings combine a residential area and a vertical farm. This kind of approach makes it possible to use a small space to create an energy-efficient agricultural centre

28 Nov 2017

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4

2030 Singapore

# home # city

Singapore’s administration no longer uses static billboards, preferring modern technology. Solar-battery drones can use their built-in holographic projectors to display the most complex images and video. The content of an ad depends on its location and often changes depending

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3

2030 Singapore

# city # business

Plastic waste in the sea led to the formation of a massive garbage patch in the centre of the Pacific Ocean in late 20th century. Its area has continued to grow and exceed 1 million sq.km. by 2030. Plastic waste can be recycled and this has become the most popular way to fight pollution. To prevent waste

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8

2030 Singapore

# nature # threats

The advancement of nanotechnology has made ‘smart surfaces’ possible. Any wall or window can be equipped with thousands of invisible cameras, microphones, speakers and sensors detecting temperature, light, proximity or geolocation. Furthermore, they can display holographic images.

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0

2030 Singapore

# city # entertainment

A man-made mountain has appeared in Singapore’s centre, providing housing for thousands of people. After creating the solid rock mass from ecologically sound materials, a complex was built with residential, public, sport, cultural and commercial objects inside. Such a construction means

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2040 Singapore

# home # city # construction

By 2040, the drone-watchdogs overseeing public order in Singapore have become smaller. Now they are more like robotic ‘bugs’, equipped with an impressive array of cameras and sensors. These flying observers can pass through the smallest of gaps and constantly send information to the main city observation

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14

2040 Singapore

# city # robots

Robotics and artificial intelligence have become so advanced that human intervention into their daily activity is rarely required. Nonetheless, there are still some tasks that need a human operator and, in this case, the system transfers control to a human. The person’s movements are then scanned by

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2040 Singapore

# medicine # robots

From an initial idea to build floating houses, we now see an impressive ship-complex. A 100-metre floating platform with a cruiseliner-like space inside. It is practically static, anchored in one place and maintains near-perfect balance, even during the strongest storms. This is possible due to the collective

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2040 Singapore

# home # construction

A new system of loop-like floating towers located on the surface of nearby harbours has become an agricultural hub that functions all year round. This concept is based partly on previous experiments with floating fish farms, used in the region since the 1930s.

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0

2040 Singapore

# nature # food

Robots now handle all the cleaning work a big city could possibly require. Upon picking up any rubbish they come across, they immediately sort it and send it to special recycling plants.

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2040 Singapore

# city # robots

Drones have started to play an even more important role in people’s lives. Now they carry out even the most mundane tasks. For example, an umbrella drone can be rented in any part of the city. You just place an order — and the robot will fly over to you in a few minutes. A smart umbrella floats above

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4

2040 Singapore

# city # robots

Thanks to advancements in genetics, eco-architecture gets a boost and develops in a new direction: building, or, rather, growing huge tree-houses. Genetically modified trees grow faster and are more reliable in bad weather conditions. When they reach the optimal size, their growth stops and a residential

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2

2050 Singapore

# home # construction

With the increased attention to ecology and ‘clean’ energy resources, people start to research the depths of the sea in more detail. A multi-functional complex is created that monitors the ecological state, climate phenomena and tectonic activity of ocean and seabeds along with any changes in the life

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7

2050 Singapore

# nature

No, it’s not a Robo-Godzilla emerging from the deep to destroy Singapore, it is an underwater robot station belonging to the Oceanic research centre. It is shaped like Merlion — Singapore’s symbol — a lion with the head of a fish. The

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4

2050 Singapore

# nature # robots

The notion of a person with a disability is slowly disappearing. Even the worst injury is no longer an obstacle to living a full life. People who cannot walk, can travel freely around the city, or even the globe, in a virtual space. Or, if they

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21

2050 Singapore

# human # medicine # biotech

In 2017 the length of the two Dubai metro lines; the red and the green - was 75 km. Rapid population growth has accelerated the development of public transport. By 2030 the number of stations reached 197, the length with the three, newly-added lines was 421 km. Existing lines were continued in accordance

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8

2030 Dubai

# transport # city

The expanding city, along with its polluted environment and a lack of natural resources such as fresh water, made industrial space optimisation a key issue for the city. To avoid building large industrial zones within the city limits, Dubai creates vertical factories, allowing for maximum convenience

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1

2030 Dubai

# city # construction

By 2040, Dubai becomes a leader in autonomous vehicles - a significant number of all trips are undertaken in driverless transport - not only cars but also buses, trams, underground trains as well as many forms of water and air transport. Success here was achieved due to active support from the city’s

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5

2040 Dubai

# transport

Originally of little significance, Al Maktoum international airport becomes one of the largest in the world by 2040. The reason for this is that Dubai's international airport, located four kilometers from the capital can no longer cope with ever-increasing passenger traffic. In 2030 the airport had

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2040 Dubai

# transport # city

In 2050, magnetic levitation technologies are widely used, not only in transport but also in construction. A new sphere — Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) — has considerably expanded what architects can physically do. Besides opening up previously unimaginable design possibilities, MFA also

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9

2050 Dubai

# city # construction

The specifics of its location and lack of fresh water makes the city unfit for agriculture. That's why food imports are such a considerable expense for the city. To compensate for the lack of natural resources in the region, Italian architects from Studiomobile have developed the Seawater Vertical

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10

2050 Dubai

# nature # food

Dubai has become a construction site for a futuristic skyscraper, “hanging” from an asteroid that orbits the Earth 50 000 km from its surface. The futuristic hotel is literally suspended in the air. The asteroid-satellite that the hotel is attached to has a figure-of-eight orbit and passes the northern

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4

2050 Dubai

# city # space # construction

By 2030 around 40% of all buildings in Dubai will be built using 3D-printing technology. The first architectural project made with a 3D printer was created in the United Arab Emirates back in 2016. By 2025 the value of the market for 3D-printing in construction reached 1 billion dollars, and new developments

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2030 Dubai

# home # construction

By 2030, the government of São Paulo has gotten serious about tackling the problem of overpopulation in poorer areas of the city. Neighborhoods with affordable modern housing are starting to pop up, where the lion’s share of passenger traffic falls to the subway: over the past 15 years,

02 Feb 2018

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8

2030 Sao Paulo

# city

São Paulo residents have long used taxi helicopters for personal transportation. By 2040, this transport is used daily by thousands of people trying to escape the crush in buses and on the subway. Most cars do not run on gasoline — the government supports citizens who care about the environment

03 Jun 2019

7

3

2040 Sao Paulo

# city

By 2050, a municipal project to clean debris from the Tiete and Pinheiros rivers is nearing completion. Canals now line the central streets, turning São Paulo’s once congested roads into places for walking and cycling, and canal-borne water taxis have become popular with São Paulo

03 Jun 2019

15

1

2050 Sao Paulo

# city # construction

Morocco had a revolution in the middle of the 21st century. And the king itself organised it - he was the first in the world to transfer most of his power to an artificial intelligence. The system is called «Malaika» - in Islam it is a name of an invisible intelligent creature that carries

03 Jun 2019

22

8

2050 Rabat

# AI # government

A new method of construction emerges in the middle of the 21st century. Instead of humans and cumbersome machines, genetically modified bacteria are now working at construction sites. This method is called bio-3D-printing. The tiny “builders” move along an initially defined route, leaving

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2050 Rabat

# nature # construction

Getting electricity using solar batteries was popular in Morocco even back in the early 21st century. Now scientists are using electricity to freshen and clean seawater. As it turns out, the method is simple, inexpensive, and very effective. Salt water goes through a fine-pored panel between two electrodes.

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2

2050 Rabat

# energy

Plankton is actively used to provide vital resources for the underwater city. The characteristics of already known microorganisms are genetically adapted, and new species are created. Thanks to the active usage of biotechnology, the city’s power consumption decreases considerably. A special kind

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2050 Rabat

# nature # biotech

Deep-water researchers continue to discover new types of seaweed. One of them — “Green soylent” — turns out to be nourishing and tasty. Residents of the underwater city not only provide food for themselves now, but also send some of their harvest to the surface. Seaweed becomes

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2050 Rabat

# nature # food

Welcome to Kusatsu, a Japanese resort with a long history. Every year the city is visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists eager to plunge into the local onsen (hot springs). The city is also loved by the older generation for its mountain air and healing waters. As the 2020s drew to a close, the

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9

2050 Kusatsu

# city # energy

As areas of technological progress go, human body modification is one of the most exciting — yet one of the most unpredictable in terms of potential impact. The benefits are undeniable. Losing a limb will no longer be a stigma — far from it. Mass production of artificial organs, from hearts

22 Oct 2019

25

0

2050 Kusatsu

# human # society # medicine # biotech

By 2050, car tuning is turning into a hobby for nostalgic youth. Street-racing movies from the early 21st century and the associated aesthetics are experiencing a new lease on life. 3D printing — long used in construction, medicine, design, and other fields — is spurring the revival. Compared

23 Oct 2019

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2050 Detroit

# transport

Having struggled with monstrous social inequality for decades, by 2030 the Indian government is beginning to reap the benefits of the social programs carried out since decolonization. Alongside GDP growth, they have led to a situation in which only a small percentage of the population remains below the

06 Nov 2019

38

1

2030 Mumbai

# city # government

Having dealt with landfills, authorities took on water issues. By 2040, waste treatment plants have been equipped with graphene-based filters — now drinking water fountains are available at almost every intersection. However, this project pales against the backdrop of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial

09 Dec 2019

50

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2040 Mumbai

# transport # city # construction

The increased prosperity of Mumbai residents has no negative impact on the environment: Factories are switching to waste-free production, green spaces are everywhere, and subsidies for buyers of electric vehicles and a tax on petrol engines keep the city from choking. The government is also investing

09 Dec 2019

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2050 Mumbai

# city # entertainment

VR technology has come a long way. Until the early 2020s, users had to slap on bulky helmets and squeeze into sensor suits. But progress never stands still. The helmets were replaced first by glasses, then lenses. Suits became electrode meshes. Now, in 2050, the industry is undergoing another revolution.

09 Dec 2019

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2050 Rio de Janeiro

# entertainment # biotech

In 2050 telecommunication companies enter the energy market. Additional energy is generated with data, with the heat produced by datacenters and via solar panel-equipped buildings and radio masts. It is distributed via supraconnectivity over the XG infrastructure.

04 Feb 2020

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2050 Berlin

Athletes' careers are short-lived. Faster, taller, stronger, younger competitors replace experienced gymnasts, skiers, and skaters all the time. However, not all athletes want to age into coaching. Many would prefer to keep competing. In 2040, the IOC reevaluated its attitudes toward retired

05 Mar 2020

43

5

2040 Athens

# entertainment # sport

The development of VR technologies means virtual travel is now almost as good as the real thing. Virtual tourists can both view any landmark in the finest detail from any angle and enjoy a full sensory experience. You can hear the sounds of Niagara Falls, run your hands over the stone walls of Machu

31 Aug 2021

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15

2050 Yangon

# entertainment # gadgets

A couple of decades ago, ordinary people saw 3D printing as expensive entertainment. However, this technology now plays an extremely important role in production. The factories we knew have turned into giant high-precision 3D printer farms. These versatile machines create everything, from clothes and

06 Oct 2022

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2050 Tunis

# work # business # production

If, before bed, you want to make sure your dreams are sweet and pleasant, what you need is a personal dream controller. The device will preprogram your brain to show you nice realistic dreams, and even offer a choice of storylines Naturally, this level of influence over the emotional realm of the sleeping

07 Oct 2022

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5

2050 California

# human # entertainment

In 2050, bionic prostheses and implants are a common thing. People not only resort to augmentation due to life circumstances, but also deliberately improve their bodies — vision, hearing, cognitive abilities, etc. The progress in bionics has also influenced the appearance of the workplace,

31 Oct 2022

22

8

2050 Kuala Lumpur

# human # work # biotech # business

Almost all the service industry falls on the shoulders of AI today. In beauty salons, robot stylists can give you a haircut just like a famous influencer, or make-up from the latest season of a popular TV series, in a matter of minutes. Schools, colleges and institutes have robot teachers, and you won’t

07 Nov 2022

21

5

2040 Jakarta

# human # robots