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The Signposts timeline 2009 AD-2017 AD The wealthy get perfect organ replacements and spinal cord repairs; personal relationships are undergoing big changes; TV and the internet converge; migrations into the sea; throwaway laptops 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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2010: Ubiquitous computing is contributing heavily to the increasing isolation of the individual and big changes in personal relationships in the developed nations

Sleep on demand

2010: A consumer version of the 'sleep-switch' is becoming practical

Interactive TV

2010: Internet-based TV now dominates the television content landscape

2008-2010: Close ties to quality physical delivery services are turning out to be a critical element for modern e-commerce success-- as well as streamlined social transformation

2008-2010: Over 60 million USAmericans may lack health insurance; Emergency medical treatment and first aid practices are making huge strides...

2008-2010: Operating systems and applications software for general purpose computing and networking purposes have stabilized sufficiently so that those type wares decline to negligible cost for consumers

2008-2010: The state of the art in mid-range to high end PCs and certain peripherals

2010: The majority of new spacecraft are getting the option of a trailing tail wire

2010: The impact of the internet is allowing small business and new entrepreneurial startups to shake up the slower moving bureaucracies of the medical industry in many developed countries

2013: Significant migration of human homes and businesses to sea-based and undersea locales is encouraged by new technologies and scientific discoveries...

1998-2013: Biochemical weapons and related defenses; hazardous waste disposal/recycling

2010-2015: By now the first international sea parks have been established...

2014: The wealthy of the developed nations now enjoy major organ replacements with astonishing medical warranties

2014: Spinal cord repairs and replacements are now available to the wealthy

2014: Commerce and employment are changing drastically in the developed nations...

2009-2014: Vaccines and other drugs are becoming a normal ingredient in some food and drink ingested in the developed states now

A rising solar tide

2009-2014: Solar powered electrical generation is becoming a rugged, reliable, and cheap source of energy-- and helping many poorer nations to accelerate their own development

2012-2018: Full-powered throwaway portable personal internet clients (in pseudo laptop form factors) are becoming widely available for under $30 each

2015: The net finally grows up; Cool-to-the-touch, immortal LED replacements for incandescent light bulbs (which cut home electrical costs by 20%) are becoming available

2015 milestones in on-person gear

PCs are a dying breed

2015: First and second class users utilize Network Computers, third class users still burdened with PCs...

2015: Mainstream digital TV undertakes yet another major standards/format change in the developed nations; Digital scents are becoming a mainstream technology

1997-2015: Technology is radically reshaping our world...

2000- 2015: If humanity faces a major threat from an asteroid impact anytime soon (like before 2050) we're likely aware of it by 2015 or before

2015: The Voyager 1 and 2 space probes are enduring multiple shock waves as they pass through a 'wall' in space roughly 50 au in thickness...

2016: By now field-powered temporary incapacitation devices are being surgically implanted in certain convicted criminals

1997-2017 sub trends and detours; Civilians worldwide often find themselves on the frontlines of conflict as geopolitical power begins giving way to sociopolitical power

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