Future History (2012): 2040s

2040 - Clean energy is widespread | Fusion power is nearing commercial availability | "Energy islands" are appearing in many coastal regions | Electronic telepathy is dominating telecommunications | Ultra-personalised healthcare | Tobacco has been largely eradicated | Claytronics are revolutionising consumer products | Breakthroughs in carbon nanotube production
2041 - Global average temperatures have risen by 2°C
2042 - Nanotech robot swarms are the latest in military hi-tech | Manned missions to Phobos and Deimos | Floating hotels in the sky
2044 - The last veterans of WW2 are passing away
2045 - Humans are becoming intimately merged with machines | Global food and water shortages |
Gulf Coast cities are being abandoned due to super hurricanes
2045-2049 - China transitions towards a democracy | Major extinctions of animal and plant life
2047 - Fully autonomous, intelligent military aircraft
2048 - The Antarctic Treaty comes up for review | Reversible biostasis is available | The near-Earth asteroid 2007 VK184 makes a close pass
2049 - Robots are a common feature of homes and workplaces | The Dead Sea is drying up
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