Iniblog

A few days ago I remember some old, old magazine and newspaper articles I saw a while ago about what people in the early 1900’s thought the year 2000 would be like and other predictions from different time periods. Although what always stuck me as odd is that they always seemed to go to such an extreme. While we usually did fufill those predictions, it wasn’t usually anywhere as complex or perfect as the original prediction. I decided to make my own predictions, but only for the near future so it’ll still be somewhat possible for me to find this post again and look back. I’m thinking that 20 years into the future is a more than enough since by thinking back to items available in 1988, we pretty much have those same things except just more advanced. Nothing really new and amazing came out and I don’t expect anything extremely revolutionary to come out in only 20 years.

So the year is 2028 and I’m 34. How different is my daily life?

1. An average computer will have a processor speed of 10GHz, have a 500TB SSD, and use a minimum of 16GB of RAM.
2. Computer displays will be OLED displays, use barely any power, and have extremely high resolutions packed in a high DPI display.
3. Cell phones will be integrated better into daily life and combine most small consumer devices without impairing the quality at which they perform, unlike most of today’s multi-use devices.
4. Internet access will be cheaper and much faster, with those in metropolitan areas having the option of using a cellular only network with speeds comparable to the landline Internet speeds.
5. Media center servers will be much more common, smaller, and cheaper and can be used to combine services such as TV along with displaying photos and videos and listening to music from one’s own computer.
6. These media servers, along with all consumer devices and computers will all be connected to the Internet and will constantly back themselves up to an Internet service which will allow access from anywhere in the world. This will also allow easy transfer of data from device to device, device to computer, and computer to computer, although wired and short-range wireless transfer will always be available. This will be a major part of the future as it will now be easily possible to access a file on your cell phone which is on your computer, be able to quickly work at home, never worry about losing data, have an option of having all your devices synced up with your pictures, music, and videos, be able to easily destroy all data on a device if it’s lost or stolen, then restore all the data on either a new device or on the same device if it’s returned, etc, etc.
7. Video game consoles will also be much more powerful, outputting a much higher resolution and cleaner image, which will be noticeable on future TVs, which will, like computer displays, use a much higher resolution with the same screen sizes by using a higher DPI.
8. Energy will have been moved to a much more reliable source since gasoline hit a high of $12 per gallon around 2013 and homes and consumer devices will use solar power to help power themselves and also contribute to the grid.
9. Older cars will use a temporary fix to convert them to electric which will be able to last several years before a new car is needed, which will be given at a discount as the old car will be recycled to keep up with demand for new electric cars.
10. The new electric cars will use a brand new type of battery that is small and light, yet holds a charge for several hundred miles and can charge in only a few hours. They will also have solar panels to power the electronics inside and small devices can also be plugged in to be charged even while the car is off.
11. People will be making slightly more than today while consumer good lower in price due to a cleaner and easier manufacturing process and no dependence on expensive oil.
12. We will have a huge explosion in the knowledge of the sciences, specifically in understanding space and time and we will be much closer to a unified theory of everything, combining all fundamental forces of nature.