On the Record: Predictions

177. By 2010 more than 50 percent of books sold worldwide will be printed on demand at the point of sale in the form of library-quality paperbacks. 5 years
02005-02010 Vinton G Cerf

176. Because the Israelis and the Palestinians are fighting as much over the control of water resources as they are fighting over the control of land, waterbag technology will be given credit for being the major economic tool for implementing an interium economic Peace Agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority by the year 2007, as is described in the pages from the novel, WATER, WAR AND PEACE, that is featured on the website: www.waterbag.com. 5 years
02004-02009 Terry G Spragg

175. Within two years, at least two or more waterbags, connected by the world's strongest zipper into a train, carrying total of at least one and one half million gallons of fresh water, will be successfully towed from Washington State, under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay, and then south to Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles. In five years there will be at least one hundred waterbags operating in various locations around the world, connected into trains of two waterbags or more, each train delivering an average of at least five milion gallons of water per delivery from loading points to receiving points throughout the world. 2 years
02004-02006 Terry G Spragg

173. The concept of time as a linear dimension will be replaced by one of time as a polarity between content and context. 21 years
02004-02025 John B Merryman

172. A machine capable of passing the Turing Test will be made in 2075 using only hardware that was available in 2005. 71 years
02004-02075 Kevin Kelly

168. By 2050 most geologists will agree that most of earth's oil and gas reserves were not produced by decaying plants. 46 years
02004-02050 Danny Hillis

165. By 2040 the existence of Qi will be accepted by the mainstream scientists, and Qi research will revolutionize our mechanical scientific TOE into a true TOE. 36 years
02004-02040 Datong Assoc

164. That by 2020 it will be possible and desirable for urban houses to have a room in the house designed for, and dedicated to, producing a household's entire water supply. This will be achievable through condensation (a terarium effect) and using solar panel roof tiles to generate the energy to produce, purify and filter the water. 16 years
02004-02020 Michael F Olliffe

163. You are immortal 20 years
02004-02024 Brendan McAuliffe

149. US accounting and banking regulations will not require that loan portfolios held in the "banking book" be marked to market before 2024. 20 years
02004-02024 Stuart Brannan

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