Futuristic 2024, April
According to statistics, 54% of the world's population is now concentrated in cities. In some 30 years, this figure, according to scientists' forecasts, will approach 70%. I wonder what conditions the overwhelming majority of the world's population will live in?
If you are hot right now, consider that you have not seen anything yet. Thermometers will show much higher temperatures in the coming years. How are we going to live in the city then?
According to data for 2019, there are 38 closed cities on the territory of Russia, inside which weapons are produced and all kinds of military facilities are located. Residents of these cities live quite normal lives, but they are obliged to sign documents on non-disclosure of information about the developments carried out in closed areas
Our planet is two-thirds covered with water, and climatologists fear that due to global warming, the land area will decrease even more. Therefore, the idea of cities on water is becoming relevant. Including because these cities promise freedom
Efficient construction combines not only advanced materials technologies, correct distribution of people and equipment. Often, the shape and architecture of the building itself has a positive effect on performance. There are enough examples of rational structures
Today you won't surprise anyone with underground structures. Metro, bunkers, parking lots, sewers have long been part of the infrastructure
What once looked like ambitious and highly controversial urban development projects in the near future may become a solution to some of the main problems of modern society.During a UN roundtable, a group of builders, engineers and architects presented the concept of a floating metropolis
Scientists predict that the society of the future will be same-sex, female. They are prompted by changes in the human environment and some evolutionary tendencies, showing that the masculine principle in man is increasingly being lost, being replaced by the feminine
Floods, droughts, hurricanes, forest fires - once rare weather events are becoming more common and powerful due to climate change. And it's impossible to deny it. At the same time, more and more people are moving to cities around the world
The project of a futuristic transportation system, developed back in 2009 by Unimodal Systems from California and finalized by the Ames Research Center, can be implemented in Tel Aviv
Science will learn to simulate the work of a biological brain by the end of 2020. Technology can help overcome death, and this may be a reality in 40 years.According to the forecasts of famous scientists Ray Kurzweil, Hans Moravez, Michio Kaku, Marshal Brain, Aubrey de Gray and other futurologists, in the 2050s artificial neurons made of nanomaterials will appear, which will be endowed with the ability to survive even in the most terrible accidents, and also reveal new functio
By 2045, people can completely overcome old age and disease and gain immortality. However, for this we will have to merge with computers and practically turn into cyborgs. Such a forecast is given by the famous American inventor and futurist Raymond Kurzweil
British scientists have made a frightening prediction - according to researchers from the University of Cambridge, the UK population will almost completely lose interest in sex in just a decade and a half
At least, these are the forecasts for Western countries
People are used to treating pregnancy as the only way to have children. However, it is possible that already in this century artificial uterus will appear, carrying embryos better than real women - and without harm to health. This will mark a turning point in human history
According to a study published this month by the US Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command, military augmentation that enhances brain, muscle, hearing and vision capabilities is "technically possible by 2050 or earlier."According to Defense Department researchers, the demand for the capabilities of augmented human (augmented people) will depend in part on the civil health market, which will allow people to get used to an industry fraught with ethical, legal and social
A new United Nations (UN) report on global demographic change says the world's population will increase to 10.9 billion by the end of this century. At the same time, by 2050, the world's population may increase by 2 billion people, amounting to 9
Futurologist and physicist Michio Kaku came to Moscow to talk about how our life will change in 30 years.No fiction, not even science. Michio Kaku talks about the reality that many of us will see. After all, the middle of the 21st century, 2050 is already in thirty years
By 2050, Google and Apple will be able to control not only the flow of information and the leisure of people, but also give immortality and kill. This is the conclusion reached by British scientist Pearson Yen
As a result of global warming, life in the Arctic will become acceptable, and by 2050 the “Union of the Northern Countries” will be formed. In contrast to the rest of the dying world, captured by barbarians from the south, in this Union a "welfare state" will be built. And
To understand what tomorrow will be like, it is necessary now to study modern children and adolescents - those who will shape our future and live in it. These are the so-called generation Z and "alpha".The term "Generation Z" was proposed along with the definition of "Homeland Generation" by American researchers William Strauss and Neil Howe
The eternal question and the path to utopia.Let's digress and reflect when everything will be fine (of course we are not there).- Salik.bizThe future is a world where there is absolute order. Robots - policemen - are the oldest machines that were programmed centuries ago
According to biblical legends, the first people could live much more than our contemporaries. Adam lived about 930 years, Noah about 950, and Mufusail 969, which is the record of all biblical characters
Will the world of the future be filled with cyborgs, half machine implants capable of growing limbs, and with video cameras instead of eyes, as science fiction writers promise us? Will people become fatter or slimmer, will they change the color of their skin or eyes?
Is it possible to fall in love with a robot and marry him - scientists are actively discussing this problem. People who admit their attraction to robots are suggested to be called digitalsexuals
Researchers believe that the face of the future person will change, and this is due to modern technology, forcing people to lead a predominantly sedentary lifestyle, work on computers and spend a lot of time with gadgets.Scientists at Maple Holistics, together with specialists from the University of Toledo, have created a computer model of Mindy, which, in their opinion, looks like a person from the year 2100
A person of the future may have tentacles instead of fingers. Scientists believe this will happen due to constant interaction with smartphones' touchscreens
How will medicine change in 100 years? Read the forecast of the candidate of medical sciences, surgeon, Andrey Sychev. It seems that just yesterday we were waiting with delight and trepidation for the millennium, with hope and anxiety peering into the future: what it will become
Renowned British futurist Ray Hammond presented his vision of the city of the future. Not a small role, according to the scientist, will be played by soft robots, which will appear closer to 2020 and will simplify the life of people in cities
Paleoanthropologist Matthew Skinner of the University of Kent stated that the human body can acquire limbs with developed membranes (like in aquatic animals) and a thick layer of adipose tissue (like in seals). According to The Telegraph, the scientist made his prediction in the latest issue of the Extant series
When we think of wisdom, ancient philosophers, mystics, or spiritual leaders come to mind. Wisdom is somehow associated with the past
There are two types of people. The former welcomes scientific and technological progress because they expect remarkable changes from it - for example, eternal youth. Others turn into techno-optimists by circumstances
The concept of a cyborg appeared in the 60s of the XX century and literally means "cybernetic organism". It should be noted that not the same concepts are embedded in this concept
One of the most exciting and at the same time frightening outcomes of technological progress is the possibility of our consciousness merging with machines. If this can be achieved, our cognitive abilities will be greatly enhanced
The day may come when humans will take on the form of cyborgs, which will include integrated robotic parts to improve their performance
According to scientists, productivity growth and the refusal of layoffs will significantly reduce labor time.If the current rates of growth in labor productivity are maintained, Russia could switch to a three-hour working day by about 2040
The shutdown of production due to the pandemic made the dream of delegating all physical labor to robots even more urgent. Alisa Konyukhovskaya, executive director of the National Association of Robotics Market Participants, talks about how real it is
Back in the middle of the last century, when the computing power of computers was ridiculous, scientists from the University of Massachusetts developed a special program called Word One. Initially, the purpose of its application was to create calculations of how the development of high technologies will affect the Earth
More than a century ago, one of the greatest scientists of Russia prophesied about a "radiant humanity" that will replace the existing one. Then it seemed just a baseless fantasy. Now the question is shifting to another plane: how can ordered information networks, “world intelligence” or “artificial intelligence” behave towards us, or, more simply, what will we be and what will happen to us?- Sali
Now many have begun to notice the strange changes taking place in our world. The most sensitive and intuitively developed representatives of mankind have already noted the first signs of these changes in the last decades of the last century, predicting the onset of a new era - the Age of Light