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The Signposts Timeline of Future Technology and Social Change 2003 AD-2008 AD Children begin shaping the world via the web, even as newborns enjoy significant increases in life expectancy; some real estate bubbles begin to burst Sponsor this page a - j r m o o n e y h a m . c o m - o r i g i n a l

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2003: Fullerene nanotubes cost roughly $45,400 per pound; HDTV remains unready for the consumer mainstream; Junk email is costing $800+ per employee; Digital shoplifting is enabled by cell phone cams; Air travelers may risk nude security scans; Many firsts in the USA this year: Hispanics now outnumber African Americans; Notebook PCs outsell desktops for the first time; Rental DVDs outdo video tapes for the first time

The USA suffers from a leadership crisis of unprecedented proportions

"He is the worst president in all of American history."
-- Helen Thomas, US journalist, 2003

"This is, quite simply, the most frightening American administration in modern times, one that is appalling both to the left and to traditional conservatives"
-- Eliot Weinberger; 2003

The geopolitical generation gap

2004: Child entrepreneurs and activists are changing the business and political landscape via the web

2004: Breakthroughes in medical knowledge by now are resulting in simple low cost measures estimated to add up to 20-25% to the lifespan of average newborns...

Certain physical assets undergo substantial price deflation

2004: The web (with help from economic mismanagment among major players) begins bursting the speculative bubbles in certain high profile real estate markets around the world

Free mobile net terminals are becoming available in the developed nations

2005: Up to 70% of all handheld net access devices in use today may be free or very low cost; High speed DSL-based net access is breaking out of its niche status in USAmerica

2005: Raw speed and storage space are becoming increasingly moot in consumer PC/NC technologies

The generation gap in the entertainment industry

2000-2005: The booming internet entertainment spectrum begins rocking Hollywood and the major TV networks

Many elements of technological innovation are being placed on accelerated evolutionary development paths

2006: The 'directed evolution' revolution in project design is spreading to include consumer products and services; Portable communications and computing devices (as well as other on-person electronics) have made a quantum leap in terms of power storage capacities...

2007: The war technologies of 2007

2008: Opto-chips of astonishing power are entering the consumer technologies arena; The internet and computing have become mainstream consumer technologies

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