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NO.PREDICTIONDURATIONPREDICTOR

623. In ten years, people will be watching more live video than pre-recorded. 10 years
02012-02022
Steven Levy

622. By 2032 you will be able to purchase a mass produced car that can drive itself to a designated destination. 21 years
02012-02032
Sandy P Ressler

619. By the end of 2013, the censorship and domestic monitoring system, known as the Great Firewall System, will become ineffective at stopping Chinese Internet users from accessing global information. 2 years
02011-02013
Isaac Mao

618. By November 30th 02013, Andrea Rossi's E-Cat technology will be widely accepted to produce a COP of 6 or above 2 years
02011-02013
Patrick Ellul

615. A commercial airliner will be destroyed by terrorists hacking the software of either the aircraft or an external system such as air traffic control. 10 years
02011-02021
Roderick Jones

612. The spirit of the current Constitution of the United States will not be in force continuously for 1000 years. At some point at or before its millennium, it will have been suspended, revoked, superseded or otherwise have ceased to be considered in full legal force. 776 years
02011-02787
Bruno B.A. Parga

611. Bitcoins will outperform the US Dollar, Gold, Silver, and the stock market by over 100 times over the next two years. 2 years
02011-02013
Roger K Ver

607. By Dec 31, 2013 the total volume of payments denominated in Facebook Credits (or any replacement introduced by Facebook) will meet or exceed $16 billion in a three month period. 3 years
02011-02013
Shamir Karkal

605. “By December 31, 2020, synthetic solar energy (fusion) will have been shown to be a technically feasible, by an experiment demonstrating a controlled fusion reaction producing more harnessable energy than was used to ignite it.” 9 years
02011-02020
Danny Hillis

597. By January 21, 2016, Facebook will not have the largest market share of social network users who log in at least once per day. 5 years
02011-02016
John Feminella

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