Future History (2015): 2010s

Inspired By Future History IV (partially unavailable, private playlist), And Also From 2014 and 2015 Archives of FutureTimeline.net.
Divergence Time and Date: January 16, 2015, 0:00 UTC.
The Past Dates Has Exact Events Before Divergence Date.
== Uncertain ==
=== 2015-2019 ===
* Global economic recovery remains slow
* Personal genome sequencing enters the mainstream
* Five-year survival rates for thyroid cancer are approaching 100%
* Virtual reality makes a comeback
=== 2016-2020 ===
* China builds the longest undersea tunnel in the world
=== 2018-2048 ===
* Uganda is an oil-producing nation
=== 2019-2024 ===
* 3D printing becomes a mainstream consumer technology
== 2015 ==
Archive Date: December 3, 2014
* The Eurasian Union is formed
* The first solar aircraft to circumnavigate the globe
* Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy
* The Large Hadron Collider reaches its maximum operating power
* The world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste city
* The first self-regulating artificial heart
* A new generation of hi-tech supercarriers
* The United States and South Korea dissolve the Combined Forces Command
* The first large-scale solar updraft towers are operational
* Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in British history
* Personal biometric scanners for online banking
* DDR4 memory reaches the home PC market
* Windows 10 is released by Microsoft
* 10 nanometre chips enter mass production
* The Archival Disc format is launched
* The Carteret Islands are abandoned
* The New Horizons probe arrives at Pluto
* The Dawn probe arrives at Ceres 
* The first advert on the Moon
* Electric car ownership reaches 1 million worldwide 
* Trucks with emergency braking systems are mandatory in Europe
* The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals
== 2016 ==
* Completion of the Panama Canal expansion project
* Microchipping of all dogs in England 
* Euro 2016 is held in France
* Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympic Games 
* The first manned flight of SpaceX's Dragon V2
* India's first manned space flight
* India launches its second unmanned lunar probe
* The International Lunar Observatory begins operations
* The first hotel in space
* Balloon trips up to 20 miles high
* InSight touches down on Mars
* The Juno probe arrives at Jupiter
* The mining industry is highly automated
* Agricultural robots are appearing on farms
* High-definition CCTV cameras are ubiquitous
* OLED displays are in widespread use
* Three-person babies
* New drug delivery methods for brain-related conditions
* A pill to prevent sunburn
* Completion of the i5K project
* China completes the largest environmental cleanup in its history
* Polymer banknotes are introduced by the Bank of England
* United States Presidential Election
* The Gotthard Base Tunnel is completed
* Launch of the Titanic II
== 2017 ==
Archive Date: November 2, 2014
* The European Union has been expanded
* Worsening crisis in Yemen
* China establishes the largest megacity in the world
* The world's first kilometre-high skyscraper
* A new tallest building for Los Angeles
* The world's first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) platform begins operations
* The Nabucco gas pipeline is completed
* India completes construction of the Dibang Dam
* The M1A3 Abrams tank enters the battlefield
* The remaining JFK files are released
* Total solar eclipse in the US
* China launches an unmanned sample return mission to the Moon
* The first test flight of NASA's Space Launch System
* The first manned flight of the Dream Chaser
* Launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
* The Cheops satellite is deployed to study exoplanets
* The world's first lunar tourist
* Sales of electric and hybrid trucks reach 100,000 annually
* Web-connected video devices exceed the global population
* Electronic paper is seeing widespread use
* Traditional newspapers are becoming obsolete
* Tooth regeneration is transforming dental care
* Cosmetic surgery has doubled its market size
* Wireless, implantable devices that monitor a range of health conditions in real time
* The world's first HIV vaccine is commercially available
* A new treatment for prostate cancer
* BioCassava Plus receives regulatory approval
* The world's largest mud volcano stops erupting
== 2018 ==
Archive Date: November 21, 2014.
* A missile defence shield is deployed in Europe
* The first private supersonic jet
* The African Central Bank is established
* East Africa's largest ever infrastructure project
* Russia hosts the FIFA World Cup
* The first manned flights from Russia's new spaceport
* The James Webb Space Telescope is launched
* The Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe arrives at 1999 JU3
* Universal flu vaccine
* Polio has been eradicated
* A drug to prevent obesity
* Crossrail opens in London
* The City Circle Line opens in Copenhagen
* The Transbay Transit Center is completed in San Francisco
* Many complex surgeries are performed by robots
* Robot insect spies are in military use
* Ubiquitous internet nodes connect appliances, vehicles, etc.
* Consumer devices with 100 Gbit/s transfer speeds
* Portable, long-range 3D scanning
* Scientists drill into Earth's mantle
* The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is completed in Canada
* The market for biofuels is experiencing a period of rapid growth
* The last of Nigeria's rainforests have been felled
== 2019 ==
Archive Date: November 20, 2014
* China's first high-tech stealth fighter enters service
* A new generation of U.S. tanks
* British troops leave Germany
* The ExoMars rover touches down on Mars
* The first manned outpost beyond the Moon begins assembly
* The first mission to a gas giant using solar sail propulsion
* The first prototype Stratobus is launched
* Launch of the BIOMASS mission
* Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system is fully operational
* Computers break the exaflop barrier
* Bionic eyes with high resolution are commercially available
* A vaccine to treat melanoma
* Connected vehicle technology is being deployed in a number of countries
* Automated freight transport
* US copyright begins to expire, starting with all works from 1923
* LEDs dominate the lighting industry
* Jordan opens its first nuclear power plant
* The East Side Access subway extension opens in New York
* The Aral Sea disappears from the map
* Oil prices are becoming dangerously high
See you in the future!!!
== See Also ==
The Next Decade Marks Development of New Technologies
Next: Future History (2015): 2020s.
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