On the Record: Predictions

43. By 2030 all surgical anesthesia will be administered and monitored by computers, with no need for professional medical supervision beyond the surgeon. 28 years
02002-02030 Jason I Altman

42. That by 2024 "artificial" life emerging somewhere out of the soup of human technology will be given a Latin taxonomic name by biologists and others and declared viable for study. 22 years
02002-02024 Bruce F Damer

39. Music CDs compatible with current (2002) CD players will still be sold regularly in 2015. 13 years
02002-02015 Jacob A Walker

27. By the year 2020, the tickets to space travel - at the least to Moon, will be available over the counter. 18 years
02002-02020 Hemant Sharma

26. By the end of 2012, more than 50% of the root servers on the internet will be located outside the United States. 11 years
02002-02012 Bob Rosenberg

22. By 2100 a world government will be in place and in control of: business law, environmental law, and weapons of mass destruction. 98 years
02002-02100 Colin R Glassey

16. That by 2020 a wearable device will be available that will use voice recognition capability and high-volume storage to monitor and index conversations you have or conversations which occur in your vicinity for later searching as supplemental memory. 18 years
02002-02020 Gregory W Webster

15. By 2050 no synthetic computer nor machine intelligence will have become truly self-aware (ie. will become conscious). 48 years
02002-02050 Nova Spivack

14. In 2012, 75 percept of all revenue for enterprise software companies will be from subscription fees rather than license fees. 10 years
02002-02012 marc s sokol

13. By 2007, the U.S. Government will intervene to prevent at least one of the Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs)/Regional Bell Operating Companines (RBOCs) (e.g. Verizon, SBC, Bell South, and EXCEPTING Qwest) from filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. 5 years
02002-02007 Andy Chapman

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