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Satellite-based Weaponry Used
10 Years
A popular idea in sci-fi is the use of satellites to either deploy NBC payloads or energy weapons. Such weapons almost certainly already exist, but will we see them used?  
Submitted By: Anon
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Yes (39)  85%
No (7)  15%
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Test Tube Steak
10 Years
A world which is free of caged chickens, slaughterhouses and avian flu is possible, researchers claim. All that's needed is labaratory-made meat. While test-tube T-bones are still the domain of futurists, scientists have already taken the first important steps.  
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Yes (40)  65%
No (22)  35%
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Virtual Retinal Display
5 Years
A virtual retinal display (VRD) is a head-mounted display system that projects an image directly onto the human retina with low-energy lasers or LCDs. VRDs can give the user the illusion of viewing a typical screen-sized display hovering in the air several feet away. In principle the technology can provide full-color, high-resolution dynamic displays.  
Submitted By: Elizabeth Jane
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Yes (47)  85%
No (8)  15%
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Air Scooter
1 Year
Will flying your own AirScooter be the new way to commute to work?  
Submitted By: GlitterGirl
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Yes (25)  47%
No (28)  53%
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Wide spread adoption of an
alternative to the QWERTY keyboard
10 Years
There are a number of viable options to the QWERTY keyboard. So why have we stuck with a layout that was originally designed to slow a typist down (so as to not jam the typewriter)? August Dvorak came up with on that is actually available on most PCs. So are people going to switch to one of these layouts in the next ten years?  
Submitted By: JanetR
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Yes (14)  42%
No (19)  58%
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Holographic Environments
10 Years
If you've ever watched "Star Trek," you may remember seeing the crew of the Starship Enterprise live out their fantasies in a room called the holodeck. The holodeck was a giant, holographic projection room that allowed the crew to touch and interact with projections as if they were in a big video game.  
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Yes (35)  74%
No (12)  26%
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Widespread Nuclear Proliferation
25 Years
As technology progresses, nuclear proliferation will inevitably increase as these weapons become more and more within the reach of smaller nations and organisations.  
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Yes (25)  86%
No (4)  14%
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Virtual Reality
10 Years
Virtual Reality (VR) is an environment that is simulated by a computer. Most virtual reality environments are primarily visual experiences, displayed either on a computer screen or through special stereoscopic displays, but some simulations include additional sensory information, such as sound through speakers or headphones.  
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Yes (37)  92%
No (3)  8%
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The Internet Chokes on Too Much
Video Content
5 Years
Is the internet going to choke on all this new video content? ISPs say that the internet wasn't built for this kind of content. Short clips are fine but TV quality streamed video is going to put a serious strain on it.  
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Yes (15)  38%
No (24)  62%
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Video Calling
5 Years
A videophone is a telephone which is capable of both audio and video duplex transmission. AT&T conducted experiments and demonstrations of a "Picturephone" product and service in the early 1960s.  
Submitted By: dupdup
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Yes (34)  83%
No (7)  17%
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Nanotechnology Creates Endless Grey
Goo
25 Years
Grey goo refers to a hypothetical end-of-the-world event involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating robots consume all living matter on Earth while building more of themselves.  
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Yes (22)  19%
No (94)  81%
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Playstation 3
1 Year
With the PS2 having shipped over 100 million units to date, the Playstation 3 is set to be a huge success. Sony is investing over an estimated 4 billion dollars into the technology to drive the Playstation 3 - dubbed "The Cell". Coupled with unrivalled technological capabilities and the power of online gaming, Playstation 3 is predicted to outsell 200 million copies and set the stage for all next generation consoles to come.  
Submitted By: dupdup
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Yes (21)  68%
No (10)  32%
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Human brain gets download option
25 Years
In the future, people will be able to download information directly into their brains. Why? Is there a better way to learn Swahili, say, or faster way to be familiar with all Shakespeare's plays. As for the how, who knows: A pill? An injection? Maybe a small disk drive installed behind your ear.  
Submitted By: Justin
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Yes (61)  66%
No (31)  34%
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TV Phones
Right Now
Samsung has showed off another unique handset for the Korean market at CeBit. The SPH-B5200 is a slider model that slides both horizontally and vertically. When the keypad is slid out holding the phone horizontally  
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Yes (31)  94%
No (2)  6%
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A Successful Time Travellers
Convention
25 Years
Students at MIT and the Desination Day group in Australia have organized conventions that serve as destinations for time travellers. Are time travellers waiting for the year where they have the best entertainment or will they never show?  
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Yes (15)  19%
No (64)  81%
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HVD
1 Year
Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an advanced optical disc technology still in the research stage which would greatly increase storage over Blu-ray and HD DVD optical disc systems.  
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Yes (34)  63%
No (20)  37%
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Nintendo's Wii Game System
1 Year
Wii (pronounced "we") is Nintendo's fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. The system is unique from others because the console's controller can detect its exact location and orientation in 3D space, a feature not available on any other mainstream console  
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Yes (53)  87%
No (8)  13%
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