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The Signposts timeline
2026 AD-2049 AD

Biotechnology disappoints many; the world overhauls privacy and identity matters, even as surveillance becomes ubiquitous; global military spending is declining; households are gaining self-sufficiency in energy production as well as small object replication (3D printing becomes widely available)

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Image of an air-cushion riding sports car of the future.

Image of a biotech-based flying saucer-shaped floating home of the future.

Image of the ultimate high tech, super-powered, physical body of the future.

Image of a flying recreational vehicle from the 22nd century.

Image of a lifting body airliner from the mid-21st century. Image of an air-cushion riding recreational vehicle from the mid-21st century.

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Signposts 2026 AD-2049 AD Table of Contents

2027: Direct computer links via hardware jacks now become available to many...

1997-2030: Cybercrimes/cyberterrorism force governments of developed nations to adopt radically new identification, communication, surveillance, and commerce policies.

2030: Vernor Vinge's original latest date estimate for the appearance of a massive technological Singularity comes and goes

2030s Milestones in on person gear

2030s Milestones in medical treatments include 200%-300% faster healing of many injuries and surgical recoveries via genetic engineering

2030: Most books, magazines, and libraries are now virtual...

2030: Education begins to take money away from the military-industrial complex in most developed nations...

2030s Milestones in personal housing

2031: The "Bounty Economy" is becoming increasingly a mainstream phenomenon...

2032: By this time we can visually discern quite a bit about planets of nearby systems (within a 10-20 lightyear radius)....

2032: It's not unusual for much housing today to possess its own primary or secondary power generation facilities

2032: The "paperwork" burden on individual citizens is beginning to shrink at last

2033: Targeted electrical stimulation of the human brain is now becoming a widespread technique in education and training for all ages

2023-2035: Super enhanced senses of vision and hearing become available for common citizens

2025-2035: Humanity begins to lose sleep-- forever

2035: The underlying software foundation required for ubiquitous, general purpose human level artificial intelligence to be economically deployed across-the-board on existing inorganic hardware of moderate cost becomes available now

2035: Life extension procedures for children are beginning to be applied to the general population of the developed nations; Adults are enjoying advances in physical strength and stamina in old age

2035: The first reasonable quality consumer 'kill-switches' become available

2035: 98% of all cancer afflicted can now be completely cured if the disease is discovered in time

2038: Relatively low cost 3D printing options are reaching consumers now

2035-2050: Quantum computing devices begin to in some way contribute to the daily life of consumers in the developed nations by now

2030s: State-of-the-art war technologies

1997-2042: The mind wars and worse

2040-2045: Credit-card-form factor television and video devices are widespread

2040-2045: Technology enhances our sense of smell now, too

2048: Health care is becoming more practical in many nations now

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