We fast forward, 42 years into the future, a bleak vision for some of us when remembering the first “super-computer” as people shrieked and fled in terror, almost convinced that the “super-computer” will dominate human life. But let’s face it, it was the size of a small house and answered algebraic equation’s in minutes, just like the calculator can in seconds.
However, we have pondered and paced the garden thinking of what possible catastrophes can be applauded in 42 years? This is what we came up with:
The Flying Car
Since Moller released its “SkyCar M400X,” in 2003, it has failed to succeed. But this has only opened the door to new technology! Currently, there exists various patented, “Flying Cars”, but, again have failed to “take off” (No pun intended). But on a serious note – we have unearthed and have estimated that by 2050 no current car will be drivable! Now this might be because of the “Carbon Emissions,” law, which might rule out every gas powered vehicle. So move over gas, and welcome “Electric” power. Okay its hardly new, but we have listed an electric car that will give the Dodge Spider a run for its money!
Stop drooling…It’s called the Mazda Kaan, (yes it’s a Mazda) and it is “electric,” but do you want to know the best bit? It can drive up to mega top speeds of 250mph and it is soon appearing in the E1 – the Formula One of electric cars. In case you were wondering what those orange rims are…yep…you’ve guessed it – they’re wheels! So innovation in the making, it won’t be long until this thing will be able to fly.
Holograms
“Introducing, the new (2050) iPhone, with integrated, hologram, voice call.” Can you imagine this by 2050, or perhaps sooner? For many of us who watched the “Obama/McCain,” US election on CNN, we might of noticed a hologram of a female reporter. However, this used a few cameras on a 360 degree axis, and one very large “green screen,” to create the illusion. Nevertheless, it has created some media in the process, and now questions remain…when will we see, and use holograms?
George Lucas might be smug as he created the same techniques on Star Wars!
Teleportation
Ever heard of Quantum Teleportation? Now this is in progress at present and consists of transporting one entity to another geographical location. This may seem impossible but scientific research has found this is quite conceivable indeed.
Okay, all you need to get started is a “Transporter!” This could be anything, from a mobile handset to a complete array of electronic plates and a lot of Duracell batteries. However, silly as it might sound it has surpassed notion and is soon to be in development. So let’s all hope in 2050 teleportation could be made public! On the failier of the big “Red Phone Box.” Blue phone boxes might take their place, in the form of a Dardis.
Eco-Villages
Houses are already failing to meet the needs to be energy efficient so all homes will be totally green by 2050. 
A normal house in the city, suburb or country, will predominately look the same. It’ll have solar panel roofing, wind turbines in the yard, a “flying car” landing pad and a garage for your teleport.
However, you will have a house robot that will assist you on your daily errands – helping to take out the garbage, prepare the food, beam up the teleport – practically anything. All you have to do is sit back in your eco home without worrying about the sky high electric bills because you have already invested into solar power.
Toilets
Now that were living in the year 2050 why can’t we have a futuristic toilet…well one for it would be insanely boring! There is no point going into the complexities of the matter when when it comes to using the toilet it is more of a functional experience. Well move over practical as the future is set to put some fun into using the good old lav.
Hold! Aim! Fire! yes, that’s right, its the game that you can pee all over. Play games as you pee, with such classics as “bullseye.” Bare in mind, these games consist of skill, accuracy, and “PE-resistance.” If your stuck on a level be sure not to cheat and peak in another guys urinal it might reap bad consequences…do you think it will catch on in the future? Who knows?! I mean, they made Take That popular again so anything is possible!
Robots
Robots might already be here and especially if you have read my review on Gaj-it “Robots taking over the world.” But today a robot’s limits are only to its creator and whatever its master wants. So far, we have acting robots – I know, it won’t make much of a film – we also have robots which can mimic facial expressions. But when, where, and why, will we get to see and use, a robot that can go to the fridge, pull out a Bud so you can sit back and amuse yourself on the latest release of the PlayStation 27.
However, Robots are picking up pace, and seem to grow immensely superior. So expect Robots to be already here by 2050, and themselves, picking their artificial brains, trying to uncover new technology, before 2050?
007?
Now James Bond has gave such a large contribution, that it deserves a category on its own. But where to start as the list of gadgets and gizmo’s is so vast. When we say that the pen is mightier than the sword, we really mean it!
A watch with a laser on it? not Practical, but I’m sure you’ll find it in everyday use. Rings that can shatter bullet proof glass at a twist. A jet pack, for the business man, to get to work on time. Even X-ray glasses for the shop keeper to keep an eye on those youths exiting his shop. Can we see James Bonds’ array of gadgets in 2050, I think yes!
Computers
Comp…What? That’s right, by 2050, computers will no longer be called “computers”, it will have a new name, which would have already served its purpose. We predict that by 2050, computers will evolved enough that they will be monitoring themselves to find a new product, and we will be sitting back, relaxing and waiting until it does. However, Windows will no longer be call “Windows,” instead it will be called, “force field” because let’s face it, we have all this new technology, that we don’t need glass, Upvc windows any more. We can just deactivate a force field, whenever we want to let a little air in.
We predict that, keyboards will be a thing of the past, and we would use “touch screen,” and with many of us with larger roles in IT, will be using Minority Report style gloves to control programmes.
Fountain of Youth
The secret to eternal youth is out folks. Apparently according to boffins, they have found “growth” cells, which all help us age. What they have done is not remove, but reduced its length in order to help us grow old slowly. Now with that being said, I am currently writing a list called “Technology and Gadgets in 2150,” it might just be possible, that we’re all round then.
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55 thoughts on “Technology and Gadget Predictions for 2050!”
If we have teleportation won’t the flying cars be kind-of unnecessary? :) An interesting list – I think one thing you’ve missed out on though is greater human/machine integration – people becoming cyborgs, computers directly interfacing with the body or even the brain. That + the fountain of youth could mean we could technically “live” forever.
Good comment, But although people can get around by teleport, Flying cars will be a social thing, or popping to the Ultra-Market. As too many “Eco-Friendly,” bags might restrict your space in the teleport.
Your idea on the cyborg though, is one that was surely missed. And such research is being carried out now, just check out Osaka Uni, in Japan for one.
Awesome!
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Cool Article. Hurry up fountain of youth!!
You never know, with the intense research, the fountain of youth might be sooner than first anticipated!
Wow… interesting. You never know, I guess. Somehow I doubt a few things, but definitely the computers and Iphones thing is a real possibility.
Definitely the iphone! Especially if you all seen the CNN news a few weeks back, you would of seen some interesting holograms then! Just goes to show!
the article is pretty awesome and thought provoking too.
i wanna mention abt remote surgeries by doctors….what’s ur thought?
Hey anything to make peoples jobs easier!
Will we really need toilets in 2050 when greening will “self-purify” our bodies?
It’ll be a hobby, to use the loo. We might all get a little bored. Almost like a social thing, meeting in the mens for a little chat ;-) (Only a little chat though. you don’t want it to get to personal!)
Good article on the future. I like the 2050 iPhone :)
good article but you are way to conservative, what about the nanotechnology better yet the singularity.
amazing!:) i h0pe I’m still in the world when all of these c0mes 2 reality
we wont live forever because aging is also caused by pollutants in the air (oxidizing things) plus eventually the heart wears out what about robots taking over
really awsome article about the future in 2050…and about the fountain of youth that kinda suck cozliving forever makes life meaningless and boring!!!!….and about the technology about the computers and robots world domination of robots could be very possible at that rate…ever watched the movie terminator…highper space jump or what we all know as the teleportation is kinda dangerous when used always don’t you think??? and at that kind of technology uhmmm world destruction could be also very possible as we all know there are still evil people living amongst us and those gadgets like the one that agent 007 has…that would make assasinations easy… but anyway i really love that flying car, the compter and the robot house…^^
thats great huh! i really think these things will arise. 42 years from now? i would say the world would be a TOTALLY different place.20 years could change the world how much will it be in 42 years?
cool i want the robot and the phone and the car
These are not predictions… A prediction is describing the internet or bluetooth in 1950…
2050? Some of the things you described already have prototypes, which means that they will be fully functional in 20-25 years. By 2050 we should have weather control, cheap space travel to-from the moon, inter-continental travel through Maglev trains (NYC to Spain in 3 hours), nano-devices will form simbiotic relationships with our skin cells; by then, moving your body to use a computer or control any device will be unnecessary, wireless electricity will be fully implemented, which means that cables won’t exist at all; a 40cm2 solar cell will power your entire house for a week with only 24 hours of charge; Apple will not exist by then, but music players will be implemented in your clothing and have exabytes of capacity and will run on power generated from your own body’s electromagnetic field… THINK BIG, MAN.
The only one in your list that seems accurate is the fountain of youth one. By 2050 medical achievements will be quicker than the time it takes for us to age, thus giving us extended lifetimes.
how will the future touch screen computers work i am doing studys on future technology
i just don’t believe the teleportation…flying cars even…but the rest is not bad…
this is so cool dudes u know robots thats so cool but i already hav one
We should not do or use that thing called “FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH” why we are going to explode on earth many people would love to undie and live eternally which is not great that’s why god gave us a life limit even though we dont know how long or soon it is we should let god do what he does and that’s give life to another after one.
wow just like movie prediction…cool…i think with the technology we can do anything from impossible into possible…
this is a really cute article! i found it very interesting. thanks for the info.
How do I connect my mobile phone, MP3, digital camera or personal electronic handheld, to the charger ?
i think that the flying cars are nessesary if we have teleportation cause it is probably easyeir to use the car insted of the teleportain………………. :) but it is a sick car and the teleportain is sick tooo
We truly have evolved past “Think Outside The Box” to “Consider The Impossibe It Is No Longer Impossible”. We are progessing so fast it just can’t be comprended where we will be in the next 100 years. But, life will change dramatically……compare 5000 years ago to today…..we have just begun…….we are seemingly heading toward unlimited discoveries……talking about radical.
I THINK THESE ASSUMPTIONS OR WHAT I MIGHT FIND VERY INTERESTING……..BUT, AT THE SAME TIME OR THEY GOING TO COME TRUE OR WHAT YOU NEVER KNOW:)
itz really awesome……i really like that eco villages and iphones in 2050
I LUV THE HOLAGRAM AND THE FLYING CAR
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the touilet is cool and the houses are wicked!!!!
I think it is a bit rubbish becouse you dont know if its gunna happen
hello,
im a vivek mittal who is interested in advance technology
i can imagination about advance technology in 2050 era
some are here:-
1. in the future, people can keep the car in the pocket,any vichle he can keep in his pocket
2. in the future,people can fly by a machine ,he “ll not need to flight for go any where . method are this-he put the machine on his/her wrist or he may wear the machine in his/her neck & then he/she press the botton then will be activate
none of this will happen. the world ends in 2012
some great stuff in the future
really amazng thng marvellous wow…but at the sme time we hve disadvantages lso.so,we use dat technology in a proper way
So nice, I have a research paper about future technologies. I need help to have the greatest predictions of their futures.
Thanks for this great posts.
JRM
THE ADVANCE OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO FUTURISTIC IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND NEED TO BE ACCELERATED
THE FUTURE HUMAN WILL LIVE THIS PLANET ON THE DISTANT FUTURE TO DISCOVER ATHER GALAXIES AND LIFE FORMS AND OF COURSE THAT THE HUMAN WILL BECOME A CYBORG TO BE IMMORTAL AND MORE INTELLIGENT. THE FUTURE HUMAN WILL BE THE SAME TO ALIEN
THE HUMAN WILL BE ABLE TO BE IMMORTAL MORE FASTER THAN 2050 WITH THE NANOTECHNOLOGIC HELP, THE ADVANCE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IS IN PROGRESS AND ADVANCE DAY BY DAY. WITH THE NANOTECHNOLOGY ENOUGH ADVANCED THE HUMAN IS ABLE TO MAKE ANY MODOFFICATIONC AT THE HUMAN GENETICS LIKE IMMORTALITY OR SUPERPOWERS LIKE ON X-MEN AND MORE. THE ROBOT WILL BE ENOUGH ADVANCED TO COMMUNICATE AND TO HAVE THE MENTALITY OF A REAL HUMAN FASTER THAN 2050 BECAUSE WITH THE MOORE’S LAW THE THINGS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER THE CHIP BECOME LITTLE WITH MORE AND MORE TRANZISTORIES INTEGRATED ON HIM. AND OF COURSE THAT INTEL HELPS THE ADVANCE OF TECHNOLOGY TO FUTURISTIC
Hologram is really awesome! but guys have you ever think about laser? well, a cell phone with laser,and no screen at all in a device but a small steel(plastic) or what so ever with a laser definitely. laser would serve as the screen just like a hologram, all details will display on the air, clicking, watching, browsing, typing and etc. on air!!… Look guys sounds great, awesome, fantastic, amazing right!! and the name would be “LASER PHONE” huhuhuhu..
If this happen, this would be the greatest phone in the modern world of a new technology as well right?.
i think i will be old in 2050
i do not get this world today, we have all this tech but hardly anyone can use it becouse it never comes out to smaller places around the world. It dosent help by oil and how it will run out so soon people need to think befor its to late.
Love your post! Where did you get the pictures from?
I like all of these except the age lengther, who would want to live longer or everlasting? The human race is meant to live and die it’s a cycle. When you mess with the cycle you mess everything up.
This is a really interesting post. I cant wait to see if these things become reality!
im not to sure about the living forever thing because i would like to live forever because i dont want to die but wouldnt it be messing up the cycle of life and death and also wouldnt you grow to to really old ages of say 1,000 and you would hardly be able to do anything. but otherwise from that this is really cool and gave me a lot of information
Yes, I am a girl but I want a futuristic toilet! How come only guys get one! But the robot one is the best. Did you know that there are already robot competitions. My friends are competing in the national competition later this year and they built an awesome robot about a foot tall. I think there gonna win and we are in middle school!
this is very cool i have a super big obsession of tech and all by 2050 i think magic can happen and there can be over trillions of things can happen can think of superheros and we can talk to aliens too im sure robots can be doin many things too robots will be acting like us one day soon too yes androids cyborgs be around too it be so cool that roads be better different too and high ways be force field type and sidewalks THE FUTURE IS FREAKIN NOW!! and books be all digital too and tables floors too i can also think of the vehicles with no windshield u see plasma window or like be colored lights be random too the headlights be like placed with jewel on it or light to appear on them and think of time travel too