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- inactive, on 08/09/2008, -3/+25Hollywood has often created ideas that eventually became into use. Look at the Star Trek series-or at least the original. Much that was on there is reality today.
- dhughes, on 08/10/2008, -0/+19 The obesity epidemic pretty much killed both those ideas.
- russdogg, on 08/10/2008, -5/+21Yeah totally. I don't know what I'd do without my transporter to beam me places.
- Pinkertinkle, on 08/10/2008, -0/+15You know honestly I think in 2050 the buildings will be a little pointier and the cars a little sleeker but overall it won't be all that much different from today.
- MindTrigger, on 08/10/2008, -1/+15We will be lucky to survive all the way to 2050. Despite all of our fantastic technology and brain power, the world stands in peril as we fight over who's version of the imaginary man in the sky is better.
- appleseed1234, on 08/10/2008, -1/+13She blinded me, with science!
- GT35R, on 08/10/2008, -0/+11I hear ya. Look back at the '60 and '50s we have made huge advances in all field of tech and science and it has had a dramatic impact on our lives but we are not living in the conceptual 21st century of the 1950's.
- mrsammercer, on 08/10/2008, -0/+10In the year 2050 we'll be able to watch videos on the internet without them sounding all choppy and *****.
- ErickStevenson, on 08/10/2008, -0/+10Where the hell is my Flying Car? Personal Jet Packs?
- whazup911, on 08/10/2008, -0/+10FLYING CARS FINALLY! and really really really big/long tubes for the ever increasing size of the internet!
- davidwasman, on 08/10/2008, -0/+9In 1991, Wim Wenders did a film called 'Until the end of the world' which was a look forward to 2000. He was able to get Sony, JVC, and other tech moguls to donate working futuristic prototypes to the movie (like video phones, GPS w/ turn by turn, and more) as well as getting U2, Depeche Mode, David Byrne and other artists to create new music based on how they thought they would sound in 2000.
The film, music, and tech are all amazing and pretty close to how it all turned out...minus, of course, video phones.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101458/ - sexybobo, on 08/10/2008, -1/+7watch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_William_Shatner_C ...
A lot of the stuff we use to day the inventors were inspired by startrek. From mp3 to ipods to cell phones to personal computers. - gfxlonghorn, on 08/10/2008, -0/+6Yes, from the creative minds of Austin Powers and Liar Liar, the FUTURE... We would have better luck asking the people at IBM than the people at the stupid event that sponsor. They even admit that Hollywood has been resistant to science and technology.
- HouseofEl, on 08/10/2008, -1/+7As much as I like the idea. It's not like this hasn't been done even recently. Perhaps not on this scale, but I get a weird vibe from this. It feels more like its a bunch of people that enjoy the sound of their own voice getting together to pat each other on the back. If this didn't seem so much like self promotion I would be all for it.
- wexmajor, on 08/10/2008, -1/+6Personally my favorite science fiction material is from books and video games, not films.
Except for WALL-E. - Rapter09, on 08/10/2008, -1/+6Stuff like this is fun; Fun for us to imagine, fun for the future to laugh at.
- SpykerSpeed, on 08/10/2008, -0/+5Cured cancer, cured AIDS, widespread and cheap quantum computing, extremely cheap ultra-high definition displays in everything, optical internet everywhere in the world. Healthier food, nanofiber batteries that hold a massive charge, 100% of electricity being generated by solar catalysts that segregate hydrogen from water. Widespread use of stem cells to treat every imperfection in the human body - including allowing for natural cosmetic touchups to regenerate youth and beauty. Take one pill for muscles, and another for a tan. Genetically-perfect children (optional). End of war due to nuclear proliferation. More people living spread-out in rural areas than in city centers. Cars that avoid collisions. Interstate speeds of 200mph. Privatization of many former government responsibilities (due to the collapse of the dollar and the EU, and potentially the Chinese Communist Party).
- Lochie, on 08/10/2008, -0/+4That'd be a lot easier to read in point form.
- Stevethegreat, on 08/10/2008, -0/+4Then again you're only saying that because you forget the misses of the hollywood movies. Indeed the future would be spectacular but also vastly unpredictable and that's because technology is not created "because we can" but so that to fill certain needs which will randomly arise. That's why you'll see minimum development in certain areas while great development of unprecedented effects in others.
My greatest example is how "futurists of the 50s thought that 2000s would be, instead of flying cars we have the Internet a project IMO of far greater complexity but completely unpredictable back in the day, while cars -on the other hand- are pretty much the same with only better body chassis and a lil better engines, nothing unprecedented. - inactive, on 08/10/2008, -0/+4These people are a bunch of jerk-offs. God that was lame. None of them are qualified to polish Kurzweil's or Vinge's shoes when it comes to futuristic predictions.
Talking about new "solar energy technology" in.... 2050?? Give me a ***** break. By then the Singularity will probably have already taken place. After that, all bets are off. Once you have general AI computers redesigning and imporving themselves, it becomes a positive feedback loop and computer intelligence skyrockets. We sure as hell won't be worried about the trifling crap these dweebs are rambling on about. - dhughes, on 08/10/2008, -0/+3 Try that again...with more anger!
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -0/+3Your list started out good but got ridiculous in the end.
- Sabretou, on 08/10/2008, -0/+3Other than Deus Ex, I don't remember the last video game I played that had a plausible depiction of the future.
- WoollyMittens, on 08/10/2008, -0/+3For 2050 I imagine a fascist police-state governing a second dark-ages where a small elite controls an impoverished, depleted and overpopulated earth with the iron first of God's imaginary will.
- brokencode, on 08/10/2008, -0/+2Hopefully, man will have settled on the moon by then.
- davidwasman, on 08/10/2008, -0/+2Grok need more bang bang...UGH!
- Ageroth, on 08/10/2008, -0/+2look at old sci-fi, tons of the stuff described is available in the world today.
hand held devices that let you communicate with almost anyone on the planet, as well as access to something as monumental as the internet?
can you imagine showing the developers of the worlds first computers, what computers are like today? no more entire buildings devoted to a single computer with a hand full of bytes, almost any computer on the market today has magnitudes of power greater ability for computation.
or showing the makers of Pong, or Atari video games now, stuff like Metal Gear Solid 4 or Half Life 2 to the developers of Pac-Man or Space Invaders
what about showing the makers of the Model A and Model T cars stuff like Formula One racing, or off road vehicles, or a luxury vehicle.
we've advanced our technology a lot in a fairly short time, what the future holds for us is pretty exciting - hfactor, on 08/10/2008, -0/+2You obviously haven't heard of the terms "cold war" or "nuclear overkill". It was *pretty* damn close.
- razorsedge555, on 08/10/2008, -0/+22050 - Hollywood still re-making ***** movies from the 80s and turning them into cable shows. And the Thundercats is a live action series with explicit sex, violence and drug references.
- inactive, on 08/10/2008, -0/+2the sexbot is not the ridiculous part. In fact it's the one thing on the list that most diggers look forward to.
- WoollyMittens, on 08/10/2008, -0/+2Take any prediction of the future by an expert and imagine something completely different. Then you will be closest to the truth.
- fLUx1337, on 08/10/2008, -0/+2You wouldn't want a sexbot?
- bluebirdgm, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1A Black President, and a massive natural/extraterrestrial threat for him to lead us through.
- chasenyc, on 08/10/2008, -1/+2http://digg.com/gadgets/Up_up_and_away_man_takes_o ...
http://digg.com/tech_news/Worlds_First_Flying_Car_ ... - chrissku, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1Look how right these guys were in 1930 when asked to predict the fashions in the year 2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txaR2HvnwVg - monkeyhoward, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1Pics or it doesn't happen.
err... wait..
never mind. - inactive, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1Mother ***** what's wrong with that video.
- fLUx1337, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1- Flying cars
- Hover boards
- Aliens living with us
- Sexbots
- A stable Windows OS
2050 in a nutshell (except the last one, made that up...hehe) - nick9000, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1That’s assuming we still have net neutrality. I’m very afraid that by then we’ll have someone off in a control centre saying, “Hey, it’s Patch Tuesday and everyone is clogging up the net with Windows ‘50 patches. Someone turn down the video stream from ‘barely acceptable’ to ‘choppy and *****’”
- Cameljock, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1In 2050, we will be playing Crysis 3 on gameboy color.
- bmson, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1This is my prediction.
I want to be president if I win...
1. Self driving car
2. Hydro planes (green planes)
3. Unified publishing rights for TV (no more, this is not available in your area)
4. Nano paint and other nano things (self healing car paint, paint that can change color etc.)
5. no dependent on oil
6. e-paper will be everywhere
7. 3D movies with out special glasses
8. first step in DNA manipulation on fetus (cure for some genetics disease)
9. you will be able to translate the whole Internet to your native language. Text, Video and Text on images.
10. wireless electricity - yaosio, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1The year 2050 will be like the year 2008, with no social, customs, or economic change. There will just be a lot more blinking lights. Has any video on the future ever not been just the current year with more blinking lights?
- carboyfilms, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1In 2050 everyone will be using a mac.
- Rmeyer, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1Disappointed. I was hoping this was about movies in 2050.
- goblindegook, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1Also, it might be worth pointing out that Hollywood created jack *****. Most of those ideas came from science fiction literature that existed for years --- sometimes decades --- before they were put on the screen.
- pelcito, on 08/10/2008, -0/+0I hope
- shroomvacuum, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0My predictions...
In 2050 all Canadians and Americans...
will require special permits and training to reproduce and raise children.
will be subject to random blood and urine testing under the public health act.
will use a self identifying treasury card to pay for all their purchases.
will have all their financial transactions taxed and collected by the tax dept via their treasury cards in real time. Summary reports will be available on line. No more tax forms to fill out.
will be fitted with a permanent id microchip, which will be scanned whenever they enter public buildings. The chip will be used to store vital info that may be used to save lives.
will be issued food ration cards due to massive global shortages and hoarding.
will be required to take awareness classes to fully understand all the new laws.
will require special permits to travel outside of their state or province.
will be required to volunteer 5000 hours before they reach the age of 50.
will be required to recycle all their refuse or face massive fines.
will pay for their own health care, as a fixed percentage of their earnings.
will be required to vote at the municipal, state and federal levels or be subject to fines.
will be required to purchase permits for all domestic and farm animals.
What are some of your predictions? -
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