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Wall Street Crashes World Economy
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Peak Oil Stalls Economy
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China Biggest Trading Nation
U.S. exports and imports of goods last year totaled $3.82 trillion, the U.S. Commerce Department said last week. China’s customs administration reported last month that the country’s trade in goods in 2012 amounted to $3.87 trillion. Bloomberg Feb 2013
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Net Neutrality Struck Down
In January 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals¸ the nation's second highest court, knocked down the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) long-standing regulation requiring "network neutrality," arguing that the commission had overstepped its regulatory authority (the FCC is currently reviewing its policy of network neutrality with the goal of maintaining the principle of open access to the Internet of Things without running afoul of its mandate). -
One third of US fighting strength composed of Robots
The Guardian 2006One third of US fighting strength will be composed of robots – US Department of Defense, -
Robots will routinely carry out surgery
Artificial intelligence may soon control robots performing routine medical procedures The Divinci Robot is routinely used today in 2012. This trend will increase. I've arbitrarily chosen 4 years hence as a tipping point. (what metric is most significant?) -
Voice control replaces manual interface for 30% of routine tasks
Bill Gates Still Believes Speech Will Replace KeyboardsVoice control replace keyboard/mouse interface for 30% of routine tasks. This event was originally set at 2014 which has come and gone. I'll predict that it takes another 5 to 10 years due to reluctance to talking to machines and noise and accuracy issues. -
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Fuel Cell Cars - Grid generators
articleDelft Univ Study The power generation capacity of fuel cells in cars needn't sit idle while not used. Cars can become a defacto mobile power plants to power the grid. We may one day be paid to park our cars rather than the other way around. -
Mushrooms replace styrofoam by 50%
ecovative Mycileum and husks replace styrofoam. Bio degradable and cheap. This company exists today and will expand. Complete replacement of styrofoam will never come about in all uses, but looks promising to reduce total landfill styrofoam by 10 to 15% in 20 years. -
Peak conventional fuel cars
Future Rides [the Economist]Conventional fuel car production declines from this point forward. -
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Climate, cataclysmic shift
Jeremy RifkinClimate, cataclysmic shift that threatens potential demise of human species -
American Empire disolves like post 1989 USSR
Break down of the American orderThe American Empire disintegrates in a manner reminiscent to that of post 1989 USSR -
Functional Robot Brain goes into commercial service.
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Robots performing at human level at most manual jobs
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Autonomous cars commercially availble
"By 2032 you will be able to purchase a mass produced car that can drive itself to a designated destination". I believe it will happen sooner by 5 years or so. -
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Pilotless air travel commercially available
Pilotless air travel begins. “By 2030, commercial passengers will routinely fly in pilotless planes.” Auto Pliot Landing -
Oil Imports fall to Zero
Oil Imports Seen Falling to Zero as Soon as 2037 by U.S. Net oil imports to the U.S. could fall to zero by 2037 because of robust production in areas including North Dakota’s Bakken field and Texas’s Eagle Ford formation, according to a government projection -
Keith's predicted life span; 78
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Climate Change impacts
Number of days over 95°F: 29 to 58
Change in crop yields: -13.5% to 13.5%
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Robot team beats human soccer champion team
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Keith's predicted life span; 86
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Distributed Power Generation Surpasses Centralized Production
Power Generation via home solar panels and distributed technologies Surpasses Centralized to down production. -
3/4 of cars use alternate fuel to petrolium
Tomorrow's Ride [the Economist] The technologies powering cars of the future are about to change. By 2050, 3/4 of all cars will use alternate fuel from petrolium. -
Ear phone epidemic kills evolved electronics
Ted speach about evolved matter.
the nano ear phone epidemic of 2040 infected over 700thousand of the "living matter" implants, quite literally killing the bio evolved devices and disrupting the ower's lives. Mental therapy was provided to help people who had become accustomed to the voices in their heads, and "lost their minds" when they were suddenly cut off from "twitter". Some "brands" (races) of devices were immune to the virus, their company stock rose by leaps and bounds as people rushed to replace their dead prosthetic -
Keith's predicted life span; 96
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