C2C - Future - Discussion and Integration

[Prophet Iacobus]

I hope we can have a lot more good discussions here about the future, ....and how to get the more interesting, fun, challenging, and realistic ones into C2C!

Here's another idea, Maybe we should have a big brother alternate timeline era?

Hopefully, C2C can be made into the exploration of Multiple future possibilities, and not just the most probable one.

This way C2C can stay fun for everyone, select-ably (optionally) imaginative/plausibly realistic, varied, immersive, and evolving into the best Civ ever!

I for one love to explore the future! Thank you for keeping C2C evolving and fun!
Let's inspire some more discussion and discovery.

I like the idea of a big brother scenario, but that can happen at any time you give a group too much power, not just in modern and onward.

 

[rightfuture]

(edited 8-10-12)
Here's a great story ranking the plausibility for Star Trek technology.
Maybe some of it could be used for C2C?

Infographic breaks down the science of Star Trek
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/08/infographic-the-3.php

Hope it opens up some discussion. People do like Star Trek. Right?
(I'm currently and finally watching all the episodes of StarTrek: DS9 right now)
I remember playing the MOO and CIV-like Birth of the Federation video game, released in 1999.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation:_Birth_of_the_Federation

Some of it was very playable, and interesting, I hope that parts of this game, MOO (Master of Orion), CIV space mods like the Star Trek Mod /MOO2 mod, and other 4x space games eventually make it into C2C.
I for one, want some specific ideas from Star Trek, Star Wars, and other great Sci-Fi to be optionally playable, and playable together in the core C2C game at some point.
Keeping the big ideas of Science Fiction alive, optional, and explorable together in C2C, will keep C2C fun!

 

[rightfuture]

Here is another recent blog of the Timeline of future events from science fiction.
http://www.theawl.com/2012/08/a-timeline-of-future-events

"While some predictions of science fiction have come to pass, if we were to compile a calendar of future events based on speculative fiction (taking in works from both science fiction and fantasy genres), we would run some hazards—not least the natural reluctance of authors to affix specific dates to their imaginings. Think, for instance, of the novels set in the not-too-distant (Man Plus) or far, far future (Ender’s Game), or perhaps a dystopic future (Farhenheit 451, Anthem) such as, oh, after some apocalyptic event (The Last Man, Oryx and Crake), not to mention those that follow alternate time (Foundation series) and world systems (Anathem) entirely. By leaving their dates murky, writers allow their predictions the possibility of eventually coming true."

So here is another good argument for having future technology placed variably in time. It also makes for a good argument for certain technologies, like interstellar travel, artificial intelligence, alien contact, time-travel, etc. being not only optional, but being unfixed(randomly or selectively) placed in the tech trees, and have more variable development possibilities.

(ideas from here to be listed - and duplicated in Mr.Azure's timeline thread.)
C2C- Future Timeline
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=467456
This way we can fit the ideas together for the most plausible timeline.

 

[Koshling]

Here is another recent blog of the Timeline of future events from science fiction.
http://www.theawl.com/2012/08/a-time...-future-events

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Broken link (however you cut&pasted it replaced part of it with '...')

 

[Mouthwash]

Make the years realistic, at least. "Artificial stars" should probably wait until a few thousand years in the future, don't you think?

 

[rightfuture]

Broken link (however you cut&pasted it replaced part of it with '...')

sorry,
http://www.theawl.com/2012/08/a-timeline-of-future-events
This one works.

Make the years realistic, at least. "Artificial stars" should probably wait until a few thousand years in the future, don't you think?

I agree that the more 'fantastic' or uncertain the idea, the farther it should be pushed into the potential future to keep up with their plausibility and likely-hood of happening.
I am a big fan of keeping the near future, as realistic as probable, for as long as it makes sense. Not only to keep up realism, but also to keep with all likely scientific speculations and near-future science fiction.

About stars, yeah , I agree that artificial stars should probably pushed well into the galactic era, however

You do know that science does occasionally surprise us by accomplishing the improbable.

Here is something about the possible reality of making stars in the near future:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-superlab-scientists-creating-star-Earth.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...atter-lab-could-possibly-wrong-210340799.html
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/scientists-create-star-matter-in-california/
I am looking for the article that I read this week about their actual accomplishment - I have it bookmarked somewhere.

not to mention the Star Trek IV prediction of Transparent Aluminum.
Science, You So Crazy: Transparent Aluminum Made in Lab
http://gajitz.com/science-you-so-crazy-transparent-aluminum-made-in-lab/

Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing
http://gizmodo.com/5921868/scientists-invent-particles-that-will-let-you-live-without-breathing

100-Year Starship Project Forges Ahead With First Round of Funding
http://www.popsci.com/technology/ar...-starship-effort-launches-first-round-funding

Spray-On Batteries Could Turn Graffiti Into Power
http://gizmodo.com/5922196/spray+on-batteries-could-make-future-gadgets-super-thin

Salamander-inspired therapy may aid injured vets - Article on actual regrown fingertip
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/26/regrowing.body.parts/index.html

British boy who had first windpipe transplant is thriving two years on
http://news360.com/#article/61847140

Actual printing of A human kidney
http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html
The reality of human organs being created in the near future

Quantum Locking - If you haven't seen it.
http://io9.com/5850729/quantum-locking-will-blow-your-mind--but-how-does-it-work

Who knows what impossible things of today could be turned on their heads?
(not to say I like implausible ideas)

and what could have happened in the past?
The USA Could Have Had A Tank To Fight The Revolutionary War
http://jalopnik.com/5923086/the-usa-could-have-had-a-tank-to-fight-the-revolutionary-war

Charles Babbage could have built the first computer in the early 1800's
The Difference Engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage

and my favorite
The Antikythera Mechanism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
'The Antikythera mechanism' is an ancient analog computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck, but its significance and complexity were not understood until a century later. The construction has been dated to the early 1st century BC. Technological artifacts approaching its complexity and workmanship did not appear again until the 14th century A.D.'
This is a proven fact and there is much documentation on it. What if it had been developed further?

Here is also a new article on:
5 projects that NASA is considering
http://mashable.com/2012/08/09/future-nasa-projects/
Water Walls
Exploration of Under-Ice Regions With Ocean Profiling Agents (EUROPA)
Venus Land Sailing Rover
The V2 Suit
The Fusion Propelled Rocket

Wikipedia's List of emerging technologies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies
nice long list - too many to list here.

and in case I didn't mention it.
TED 2012: 10 innovations that could help shape a better world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/04/ted-2012-10-innovations
1. LIQUID METAL BATTERIES MAY SAVE THE WORLD
2. BE HUMBLE… AND CARRY A LIST: In medicine, it's not possible for an individual to know everything.
Gawande looked to other industries, such as aviation, and came up with his "checklist" – a 19-point plan that included introducing surgical teams by name to each other at the start of the day. Introduced in eight hospitals, results were astonishing: post-surgical complications dropped 30%, the death rate by 47%.
3. The devices in our pockets have the effect of removing us from our own lives, she believes, and are changing who we are.
"Technology gives us the illusion of companionship without the means of friendship," she says. The solution? Now we need to relearn how to be alone.
4. TEACH ROBOTS HOW TO THINK
5. BE VULNERABLE, NOT WEAK: the message that vulnerability is a sign of courage, not weakness – and that empathy is the antidote to shame.
6. TEACH NEUROSCIENCE TO KIDS
7. BEAR WITNESS:The greatest inequality in society arises because of lack of "proximity", says Bryan Stevenson. And until we pay attention to other people's suffering, we cannot be fully human.
8. BE NICE TO NERDS: To learn how to succeed, though, she said, you have to be ready for failure – because "there's no way to learn to fly at Mach 20" if you're not prepared to leave the ground in the first place. Oh, and hummingbird robots.
9. CITIES MAKE US SMARTER
10. DABBLE IN NUCLEAR FUSION - At 14, TAYLOR WILSON, having been enrolled in a gifted students' program and offered safe facilities at the University of Nevada in Reno, he became the youngest person in the world – and one of only a few dozen of any age – to create a working nuclear fusion reactor.

Also
17-year-old girl builds artificial ‘brain’ to detect breast cancer
http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.c...-artificial-brain-detect-breast-cancer-908308
oh and it works (99.1% effective), way better than any existing technology.

Please ask them both what is likely impossible.

Every one of these ideas, is worth discussing at some length here, and changes the way we look at the world, and the future, (and possibly C2C).
The question is when, and probably not if.

Neil Armstrong himself says the space program could have easily gone the other way.
http://phys.org/news/2011-09-neil-armstrong-space.html

Many technologies (and their impact) cannot be anticipated,
History is littered with people who said things were not possible.
http://www.quora.com/Quotations/What-are-some-famous-quotes-that-proved-to-be-wrong-with-time

Why “utility fogs” could be the technology that changes the world
http://io9.com/5932880/how-utility-fogs-could-become-the-technology-that-changes-the-world

Remember, at one time, Most Everybody thought the Earth was the center of the universe, it was flat, you would fall off the edge if you sailed too far across the oceans, and that it was it wasn't possible to leave it to fly to the Moon (especially in 1969!!!). I wonder what will be next.

I prefer playing a plausible future, I also prefer realism, this does not prevent me from sometimes wanting to play some ideas from popular science fiction, or many of the possible alternate futures, some of which may be proven true.
I hope the ModTeam will strike a balance of realism, and possibility in C2C.
I think some technologies may happen sooner or later than expected, until we live it, the future is wide open. It could be a dystopia, a utopia, or something in between.
We could invent interstellar travel soon, or it could take centuries. We could contact aliens soon, or never. I hope C2C becomes filled with possibilities and ideas and leaves the timing of certain ones flexible, while making the more implausible ones optional. I would love to play many different futures in C2C.
I hope that C2C can encompass all good ideas about the future.

 

[Praetyre]

I actually have an ongoing bet with my father that no conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial life (excluding mathematical formula like the Drake Equation, I'll need actual physical stuff) will be discovered by 2050, with varying rates rounding out to him paying me 10 grand in USD. I think, in a nutshell, that the world will look like the Sixth Day in ten years, Minority Report in twenty, I Robot in forty and Mass Effect in a hundred and forty, with the likely exclusion of the central fictional technologies of these works with the exception of I-Robots robotic servants. Just my view, though, only time will tell. Look at how the folks in the fifties thought the Jetsons was a realistic depiction of the 2000s, or on the flipside, this Ladies Home Journal article; http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm

 

[rightfuture]

I actually have an ongoing bet with my father that no conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial life (excluding mathematical formula like the Drake Equation, I'll need actual physical stuff) will be discovered by 2050, with varying rates rounding out to him paying me 10 grand in USD. I think, in a nutshell, that the world will look like the Sixth Day in ten years, Minority Report in twenty, I Robot in forty and Mass Effect in a hundred and forty, with the likely exclusion of the central fictional technologies of these works with the exception of I-Robots robotic servants. Just my view, though, only time will tell. Look at how the folks in the fifties thought the Jetsons was a realistic depiction of the 2000s, or on the flipside, this Ladies Home Journal article; http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm

I love that bet. I'm not sure if we would like to see the consequences of such a meeting. It will be nice to know about them in our lifetime, of course. Not necessarily meet them.

It is likely that your prediction will be reasonably accurate. I think we will be in store for some surprises along the way. I really hope we can explore many different types of future scenarios.

That article is pretty accurate, I thought I saw a similar one in popular mechanics a few years ago.

 

[Koshling]

I actually have an ongoing bet with my father that no conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial life (excluding mathematical formula like the Drake Equation, I'll need actual physical stuff) will be discovered by 2050, with varying rates rounding out to him paying me 10 grand in USD. I think, in a nutshell, that the world will look like the Sixth Day in ten years, Minority Report in twenty, I Robot in forty and Mass Effect in a hundred and forty, with the likely exclusion of the central fictional technologies of these works with the exception of I-Robots robotic servants. Just my view, though, only time will tell. Look at how the folks in the fifties thought the Jetsons was a realistic depiction of the 2000s, or on the flipside, this Ladies Home Journal article; http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm

I'd bet with you if it was INTELLIGENT life (which your mentioning of the drake equation implies you mean), but with your father if its just strong evidence for life (even if it's probably just an analog of algae) - e.g. - significant oxygen concenrations detected in planetary atmostpheres that can't be explained except by biological processes

 

[rightfuture]

I'd bet with you if it was INTELLIGENT life (which your mentioning of the drake equation implies you mean), but with your father if its just strong evidence for life (even if it's probably just an analog of algae) - e.g. - significant oxygen concenrations detected in planetary atmostpheres that can't be explained except by biological processes

We should probably look for pollution content, and lighting, both can be detected. Too much pollution and we should avoid them.

 

[Hydromancerx]

or on the flipside, this Ladies Home Journal article; http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm

I like how they thought that there would be no more pests and all crops would be gigantic in size.

 

[rightfuture]

I like how they thought that there would be no more pests and all crops would be gigantic in size.

Old time predictions of the future are interesting, maybe some of them could inspire technologies for the alternate timeline eras?

 

[rightfuture]

This is a great graph for how people react to future techs, some listed as well.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/08/nfc-and-the-trough-of-disillusionment.php

 

[rightfuture]

Artificial intelligence and robotics

Robots capable of manual labour tasks
2015–2020 – Every South Korean household will have a robot and many European, The Ministry of Information and Communication (South Korea), 2007[2]
2018 – Robots will routinely carry out surgery, South Korea government 2007[2]
2022 – Intelligent robots that sense their environment, make decisions, and learn are used in 30% of households and organizations – TechCast[3]
2026 – Development of a robotic hand that is able to perform certain complex tasks with a level of precision, autonomy and dexterity that is similar to that of a human hand, Professor Mohamed Abderrahim of the EU funded HANDLE Research Project[4]
2030 – Robots capable of performing at human level at most manual jobs Marshall Brain[5]
2034 – Robots (home automation systems) performing most household tasks, Helen Greiner, Chairman of iRobot, 2004[6]
Military robots
2015 – One third of US fighting strength will be composed of robots – US Department of Defense, 2006[7]
2035 – First completely autonomous robot soldiers in operation – US Department of Defense, 2006[7]

Developments related to robotics from the Japan NISTEP[8] 2030 report:
2013–2014 – agricultural robots (AgRobots[9][10])
2013–2017 – Robots that care for the elderly
2017 – medical robots performing low-invasive surgery
2017–2019 – Household robots with full use
2019–2021 – Nanorobots
2021–2022 – Transhumanism

Artificial intelligence
2019 – $1,000 computer will match the processing power of the human brain – Ray Kurzweil[11]
2020 – Artificial Intelligence reaches human levels – Arthur C. Clarke 2001 prediction[12]
2045 – The Singularity (creation of the first ultraintelligent machine) occurs – Ray Kurzweil[13]
2050 – Computer costing a few hundred British pounds will have the capacity of the human mind – Hans Moravec[14]
2055 – $1,000 computer will match the processing power of all human brains on Earth – Ray Kurzweil[11]

Biology and medicine

Regenerative medicine
Widespread use for most tissues and organs – 2020 (Federal Initiative for Regenerative Medicine)[15]
2014–2024 – (International Association of Biomedical Gerontology, 2004) – comprehensive functional rejuvenation of middle-aged mice[16]
Cloning of dinosaurs
2023 – Arthur C. Clarke[12]
Reverse engineering of human brain
2025 – Ray Kurzweil, 2005[17]

Communications

All communications are IP-based
2014 – Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the DNS system, 2004[18]

Computing

10 petaFLOPS supercomputer (the amount required to simulate the human brain according to Kurzweil)
2012 – Riken (2006)[19] (reached in 2011) [20]
1 zettaFLOPS supercomputer
2032 – University of Notre Dame[21]
User interface
2013 – Voice control replace keyboard/mouse interface for 30% of routine tasks – TechCast[3]
Video game graphics
2019-2024 - Photo-realism in video games - Epic Games' Founder, Technical Director, and CEO Tim Sweeney[22]

Culture and leisure

Virtual reality
2025 – Full immersion virtual reality using direct input to the brain becomes available – Arthur C. Clarke[12]
2030 – Virtual reality allows any type of interaction with anyone, regardless of physical proximity – Ray Kurzweil[11]
Mid to late 21st Century - Eventually virtual immersion will probably lead to virtual worlds (collectively known as the virtual universe) that people can enter. Leading onto the next great technological revolution, on par with radio, television and the Internet. [23]
Sport
2050 – A team of fully autonomous humanoid robots can win against the human world soccer champion team – RoboCup, 1997[24]

Demographics

World population exceeds 8 billion
2026 – U.S. Census Bureau[25]
2025 – United Nations[26]
World population exceeds 9 billion
2044 – U.S. Census Bureau[25]
2043 – United Nations[26]
21st century, then not growing further – Walter Greiling[27]
World population exceeds 10 billion
2083 – United Nations[26]
Other demographic milestones
2020 – World average life expectancy of newborn child exceeds 70 years – World Resources Institute[28]
2030 – Number of people aged 65 or older exceeds 1 billion – Ray Hammond[29]
2030 – Newborn child in developed country has life expectancy of 130 years – Ray Hammond[29]
2045 – World average life expectancy of newborn child exceeds 75 years – World Resources Institute[28]

Energy

Peak oil – global oil production peaks
2011 (already peaked)– Colin Campbell, Oil Depletion Analysis Centre[30]
2013 – French government report[31]
Other energy milestones
2020 – U.S. carbon emission market exceeds $1 trillion – New Carbon Finance[32]
2023 – Alternatives to carbon-based fuels provide 30% of all energy used worldwide – TechCast[3]
2040 - Space-based solar power will be commercially viable.[33]

Environment

Arctic shrinkage – Arctic ice-free in summer
2013 – Professor Wieslaw Maslowski, U. S. Naval Postgraduate School[34]
2040 – National Center for Atmospheric Research[35]
Arctic shrinkage – arctic ice-free all year
2020 – Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Center[36]
Other environmental milestones
2098 – Coral cover on Great Barrier Reef drops below 10% – Dr Eric Wolanski, James Cook University[37]

Nanotechnology

Nanomachines in commercial use
2019 – Nanotechnology is used in 30% of commercial products – TechCast[3]
2020 – Nanomachines in soldier armor controlled by an on-board computer can change the properties of fabric from flexible to bullet-proof, treat wounds and filter out chemical and biological weapons, nanomuscle fibers can provide an exoskeleton. US Army, estimates from The Vision 2020 Future Warrior project, 2004
Universal replicator is developed
2040 – Arthur C. Clarke[12]

Politics and economics

International Politics
2012-onward - The United States of America lose the superpower status - Peter Dale Scott and Emmanuel Todd - After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order
2012-onward - The United States of America is defeated in the New Great Game thus marking a "New New World Order" - Idriss Aberkane [38]
2012-onward - The United States of America defaults on its sovereign debt marking a major financial collapse and a steep rise in the Glocalisation of daily social interactions due to the increased cost of basic commodities - Gerald Celente
2020 - The American Empire disintegrates in a manner reminiscent to that of post 1989 USSR - Johan Galtung in a October 2009 interview for Russia Today [39][40]

World economic growth
2015 - Brazil becomes the world's fifth largest economy, surpassing France, UK and Italy - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [41]
2025 – One billion dollar-millionaires worldwide – James Canton, The Extreme Future[42]
2027 – China's GDP exceeds that of United States – Goldman Sachs,[43] Price Waterhouse Coopers[44]
2032 – India's GDP exceeds that of Japan – National Intelligence Council[45]

Transportation

Hybrid vehicles
2013 – Hybrid powered cars make up 30% of the new car market – TechCast[3]
Self-driving cars
2018 - Self-driving cars are commercially available - General Motors[46]
2030 – All cars travelling on major roads under control of satellite and roadside control systems – Ray Hammond[29]

Space

Asteroid mining
2024 – Peter Diamandis, founder of Ansari X Prize, 2004[47]
Human landing on Mars
2020 – MIT's Aeronautics and Astronautics department, 2005[48][49]
2021 – Arthur C. Clarke[12]
2025 – A permanent Mars colony, 4Frontiers, 2005[50]
2030 – TechCast[3]
Near light speed travel
2095 – Arthur C. Clarke[12]
Return to the Moon
2015 – Russian plans – Energia Corporation (2006)[51]
2020 – NASA plans first return to the Moon and moon colony no later than 2020 (2006)[52]
2024 – Chinese plans (2006)[53]
First moonbase
2030 - Russian plans (2011)[54]
Space elevator
2020 – Bradley C. Edwards (head of Institute for Scientific Research)
Space tourism and private spaceflight
2013 – "Space cruiser” takes a group of tourists outside of the Earth’s atmosphere – TechCast[3]
2024 – "Many thousands of people being able to afford" visiting orbital hotels, Burt Rutan, 2004[55]
Unmanned mission returns samples from Mars
2020 – NASA[56]
Energy from space
2040 - Space-based solar power will be commercially viable.[33]

Other

2020 - Implantable brain chips let humans control electronic devices via brain waves - Intel (2009)[57]
2013-2033 - Claytronics are now functioning in the real world - Seth Goldstein, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, founder and researcher at Claytronics Project (January 31, 2008)[58]

Predictions can obviously be wrong. But potentially useful for alternate timelines.

 

[rightfuture]

Top 12 areas for innovation through 2025

This list is part of research and consulting firm Social Technologies technology foresight project, published as a press release in 2007.[59]

Personalized medicine
Creation of an individual’s genome map for a retail price of less than $1,000
Correlation of specific genes and proteins with specific cancers, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and diabetes, which will allow both physicians and patients to anticipate, plan for, and mitigate, if not cure, DNA-based health challenges development of pharmaceuticals that treat gene-based diseases, replacing surgeries and chemotherapy

Distributed energy
Advanced electric storage devices and batteries at all scales
New power systems with source-switching flexibility

Pervasive computing
Very simple and inexpensive computing devices with integrated wireless telephone and Internet capabilities (the worldwide $100 computer)
The Semantic Web, enabled by Web data that automatically self-organizes based on its content, allowing search tools or software agents to identify the actual relevance of Web pages—not just find keywords on them
Intelligent interfaces, in some cases enabled by virtual reality

Nanomaterials
The function of nanomaterials will move from “passive” to “active” with the integration of nanoscale valves, switches, pumps, motors, and other components.

Biomarkers for health
Individualized, private, and self-administered diagnostics for multiple physical parameters such as blood sugar, urine, C-reactive proteins, HDL, and LDL, as well as home diagnostic kits that detect early signs of diabetes, heart disease, and types of cancers
Personalized exercise equipment and regimens that deliver customized benefits (for weight control, blood pressure, blood sugar, etc.)
Advanced CAT scans, MRIs, and brain scans to identify disorders earlier and more accurately at less cost

Biofuels
High-energy blends of gasoline and diesel with biofuels (beyond the ethanol blends known today)
Biomass production of a methanol that can be used as a fuel for fuel cells
New discoveries in plant genetics and biotechnologies specifically for energy content

Advanced manufacturing
Advanced computer-aided design and control
Multiple variable and inexpensive sensors linked with computers
Expert systems and advanced pattern-recognition software for very tight quality control

Universal water
Ultra-fine filters (probably from nanotechnology)
New energy sources for desalination and purification, including hybrid systems that combine conventional and alternative power—especially solar power
Smart water-use technologies for agriculture and industry

Carbon management
Effective “measure, monitor, and verify” systems
Affordable and effective carbon capture and storage technologies and systems for coal-burning power plants
Low to zero emission controls for transportation

Engineered agriculture
Identification of specific genomes for desired growing and use qualities
Crop-produced pharmaceuticals and chemical feedstocks
Crops designed specifically for energy content and conversion

Security and tracking
Completely autonomous security-camera systems with algorithms able to correctly interpret and identify all manner of human behavior
Multiple integrated sensors (including remote sensing)
Radio frequency (RF) tags for people and valuables

Advanced transportation
Organized and coordinated personal transportation through wireless computer networks, information systems, and Internet access
Onboard sensors and computers for smart vehicles

 

[rightfuture]

And this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerging_technologies
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_transhumanism#Transhumanist_technologies

 

[Snofru1]

Is it only me or do most of those predictions sound way too optimistic concerning the time line?

 

[rightfuture]

Is it only me or do most of those predictions sound way too optimistic concerning the time line?

It's not just you.
Many predictions will be off. Probably in both directions.
Alternate timelines (like the Atompunk Era developing nuclear power early and opening up space travel and all sorts of early access to regular and alternate world tech)
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=443151

Significant Artificial Intelligence could be developed this year or take a hundred years.
That why I think some future techs should be left with variable development.
You never know if interstellar travel could be developed in our lifetime (modern - Transhuman era) or pushed back to the Galactic Era or later.
It would be nice to be able to have game options on when some key techs could/would be available. Many of the rest would just follow a key one.
Using science fiction as well as scientific and technological speculation would allow some of this to be variable.
Would we develop laser weapons in the near future or like in tv shows, like Space Above and Beyond, would we still have projectile weapons well into the Galactic Era. Would be fun to play both, and have the option to (somewhat) randomly select the option for them to show up in the tech tree (in a desired fashion).

 

[rightfuture]

BUMP!!!!!

Great place for us to share and preserve your ideas to be discussed in the future here,
I will try to really keep this thread updated,

Please talk about you ideas about the future here,
(anything you like or is potentially useful to C2C,)
So we won't forget about them.

The more you care and talk about them here, the more likely they will get included in C2C!