Timeline (Chronon)

== 2021 ==
* Ethereum's Casper and Sharding protocols are fully implemented.
* The first robotic pharmacist arrives in the US.
* Over 80% of web traffic is now video.
* Mass production of self-driving cars commences in China.
* The end of cables, wireless power becomes common in households.
* Translation earbuds allow instantaneous translation, making foreign travel much easier.
== 2022 ==
* U.S. automakers agree to adopt crash-avoidance braking.
* 10% of the world's population is wearing clothes connected to the Internet.
* The first 3D-printed car is in production.
* ESA and NASA try to divert an asteroid out of its orbit.
* The compliance period for the US Clean Power Plan begins.
* Construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) begins in Chile.
* All new car models now have automatic braking by default.
* Mobile payments grow to $3 trillion, a 200 fold increase from 7 years prior.
* Denmark begins making shifts towards cash-free societies.
* Planes that use sunlight for fuel are used regularly. They use up to 17000 solar cells.
* The BICAR, a cross between a bicycle and electric car, becomes available for purchase.
* Scientists capable of replicating faces solely through DNA analysis.
== 2023 ==
* UN finally delivers a climate plan to reduce emissions caused by the global shipping industry.
* 80% of people on earth have a digital presence online. 
* 90% of the global population has a supercomputer in their pocket.
* The first government to replace its census with big-data technologies.
* 10% of reading glasses are connected to the Internet.
* Acoustic earthquake shield developed to protect cities from earthquakes begin seeing initial use.
* Modifying genes to renew all body issues to youthful versions becomes possible.
* The cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 1 US dollars.
== 2024 ==
* More than 50% of Internet traffic to homes is from appliances and other home devices.
* Artificial muscles used in robots can lift more weight and generate more mechanical power than human muscles.
* New prosthetic models convey sensations of feeling.
* First manned mission to Mars.
* Global reserves of Indium is fully mined and depleted.
* Saudi Arabia's "Jubail II" is fully built.
* The world population surpasses 8 billion.
== 2025 ==
* 30% of corporate audits are performed by artificial intelligence.
* Globally, more trips are made using car-sharing programs than privately owned cars.
* Norway bans new sales of gas-powered cars, giving preference to electric cars.
* Microsoft ends support of Windows 10.
* Prescription drugs can be brewed at home.
* Brain-reading devices allow wearers to learn new skills quicker.
* Smart kitchens that turn cooking into an interactive experience enter the marketplace.
* Electronic devices can be charged using Wi-Fi.
* Blood tests detecting any virus you have had becomes widespread.
* Severe food allergies become treatable.
* Male contraceptive pills become widely available.
* Africa's Green Wall of drought-resistant trees restricts land degradation is completed.
* Hepatitis C is eradicated.
* Drone usage in agriculture is adopted globally.
* Automated construction crews meant to replace human workers begin trails in locations worldwide.
* U.S. military uses electricity to stimulate soldiers' brains, increase reaction times and improve attention spans.
* Bioengineered skin grafts replicates real skin becomes widely available.
* Robotic, mind-controlled prosthetics become widely available.
* New device diagnoses pancreatic cancer earlier and faster.
* Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) becomes the leading cause of liver transplants.
* Global reserves of Nickel is fully mined and depleted.
* Dubai's "Dubailand" is fully built.
* Abu Dhabi "Masdar City" is fully built.
* Share of global car sales taken by autonomous vehicles equals 10%.
== 2026 ==
* The European Union's experimental, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is activated for the first time.
* China's economy overtakes the U.S. for the first time.
* First 3D Fast Bus, the Land Airbus, is tested on Chinese roads.
* Google contributes to speeding up the Internet, to make it 1000 times faster.
* Near-infrared goggles help surgeons view cancer cells and see tumors as small as 1mm.
== 2027 ==
* 10% of global gross domestic product is stored using blockchain technology.
* Tiny robots remove carbon dioxide from oceans to reduce the impact of climate change.
* RoboBees start to be utilized to pollinate crops in large scales.
* 4D printing allows 3D printed objects to transform and change their shape over time.
* Robot servants become commonplace in most upper-middle-class households.
* The BRICs overtake the G7 nations.
* Dubai World Central "Al Maktoum International Airport" is fully built.
* DARPA's Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE) goes into operation.
== 2028 ==
* Scientists successfully manipulate photosynthesis to increase crop yields by up to 1%.
* Smartphones become capable of detecting diseases through breathalyzer screening technology.
* Contact lenses with cameras become available for purchase.
* Driverless cars begin having a significant impact on profits for auto insurance companies.
* Life expectancy explodes dramatically through gene modification.
* Asia becomes the center of air travel.
* Hypersonic missiles are in military use.
== 2029 ==
* Robotic sex partners become a commonplace.
* Implants enhance intelligence, memory, etc.
* The first immortal mouse is created.
* End of wrinkles for those who can afford it.
== 2030 ==
* Germany outlaws combustion fuel cars, permitting only sales of electric cars going forward.
* Aquaculture provides nearly two-thirds of the world's seafood.
* Surgeons can reroute nerves to enable paralyzed people to use their hands.
* Scientists develop a flu vaccine that protects against all strains.
* Flying cars hit the road, and the air.
* Type 2 diabetes symptoms can be reversed with an injection of the protein FGF1.
* 3D printers used to create houses.
* Deafness solved by triggering sensory receptor regrowth in the Atoh1 gene.
* Artificial blood is mass-produced for transfusions.
* Scientists successfully engineer yeast from scratch.
* Infrared-capturing graphene technology available in contact lenses.
* Doctors begin regularly analyzing patients' genetic susceptibility to drug side effects.
* India becomes the most populous country on Earth.
* Scientists drill into Earth's mantle.
* South Africa's "Jasper project" is fully built.
* Kenya's "Konza City" is fully built.
* Libya's "Great Man-Made River project" is fully built.
* Share of global car sales taken by autonomous vehicles equals 20%.
== 2032 ==
* A rare tetrad eclipse appears.
* Electronic paper sees widespread use.
== 2033 ==
* Injectable brain implants allow scientists to alter neurons to treat disorders and brain damage.
* Telepathic communication becomes possible with the help of computers.
== 2034 ==
* End of email spam.
* Global Internet traffic surpasses 1 zettabyte.
== 2035 ==
* 3D printers capable of printing organs become widely used in hospitals.
* New train technology travels three times faster than airplanes.
* Majority of vehicles contain vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications to transmit information about speed, heading, brake status.
* Humans can "upgrade" their senses with implants that detect more signals (radio waves, X-rays, etc.).
* Scientists develop cure for HIV through genome editing to cut the HIV genome out of DNA.
* Gene-editing technology allows scientists to cure genetic diseases.
* Genomes of all discovered mammal species sequenced.
* Share of global car sales taken by autonomous vehicles equals 38%.
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