100 years from now.. this is what the world will be like technologically

21 Oct 2024

Humans are naturally inclined to think about the future. We often find ourselves wondering about the next stages of our lives, and what the future may hold in terms of technology and scientific innovations.
Here are some areas in which today's technology could shape the world in the next century, according to the "FUTURISM" website.

Quantum computing is expected to change the way we see the world and our place in it. It will give us the ability to process more data about ourselves, the planet we live on, and the universe than ever before.

No one can be absolutely certain what we will do with that data next. We will likely find some answers to old questions about physics and the universe, but there may also be answers we don’t even have the ability to fathom.
We probably won’t have to wait a century to fully integrate our brains with our devices, because research into brain-computer interfaces is now beyond the realm of science fiction. Early prototypes have helped patients recover from strokes and allowed amputees to experience touch again with the help of sensor-enabled prosthetics. If it becomes commonplace, the melding of man and machine could irrevocably change the course of human evolution.

The main goal of brain-computer interfaces is to replace or restore useful functions for patients who are disabled by neuromuscular disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, which affects the upper motor nerves in the brain and thus causes muscle stiffness, and sclerosis, which affects the lower motor nerves and causes muscle weakness.
The world of 2118 will have improved infrastructure and better means of transportation. Cars are expected to become smarter and less harmful to the environment. By 2118, there is a good chance that electric cars will be capable of true self-driving. Tesla is more ambitious than most companies to achieve what it calls “Level 5 Autonomy” – a stage where the world could see self-driving cars within a year.

In some parts of the world, cities themselves are becoming more complex by the day. In China, there’s already a solar-powered highway that could one day charge electric cars as they go. And cities of the future could even repair themselves—engineers are designing concrete structures that build themselves and potholes that repair themselves.

In the coming decades, technology is expected to transform our homes, our devices, and our cars, and thus our lives in fundamentally different ways. Artificial intelligence will almost certainly automate some jobs, especially those that rely on assembly lines or data collection. To offset the unemployment that human workers may face as a result of automation, some countries may adopt a universal basic income (UBI), a system that regularly pays citizens small salaries without requiring them to work for the salary.
Indeed, some places have already begun small experiments with UBI, and a November 2017 report from the Roosevelt Institute predicted that the United States could see a $2.48 trillion increase in the country’s GDP in just 8 years if UBI went into effect.

In some fields, such as medicine, robots may not completely replace humans. The more likely scenario, which some experts predict, is that artificial intelligence will continue to augment the work experience of humans—and even increase our physical strength.
AI technology is already being paired with wearable exoskeletons, giving factory workers incredible power – potentially ideal for those whose jobs require heavy lifting, which can increase the risk of accidents or injuries on the job.
3D printers are already being used in labs around the world, and increasingly so. While they can be expensive at first, they are often seen as a long-term investment, as they can often print their own parts.

As 3D printers become capable of printing everything from living devices to buildings, we will likely find use for them in many different aspects of our lives, as well as many different areas of industry.
New things and procedures will advance and develop medicine, with the help of technological progress.
Using the precision medicine approach (which uses a patient's genetic data, lifestyle and environment to prescribe appropriate treatment), scientists are developing cancer treatments that will be tailored to each patient's individual genes.

Within a century, major diseases such as cancer, immune and inflammatory disorders, and genetic conditions “are very likely to have disappeared either through prevention or effective treatment.”
Diagnostic technology will also see significant improvements.
Climate change is already transforming our world, as extreme weather events become more frequent and deadly. Global sea levels are on track to rise 60 to 90 cm by 2100, a rise that could displace millions of people around the world.

Over the past few decades, this progress has been slow. But when the Paris climate agreement was drafted in 2015, its goal was to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Research by University College London recently found that we have a 66% chance of meeting the 1.5°C target by 2100, but would need to reduce carbon pollution by 240 billion tons to take it down.
Experts hope to be able to wean ourselves off carbon over a longer period of time rather than making drastic cuts right away, which is difficult to achieve, both in a technical and political sense.
Although we have made tremendous progress since 1918, we remain endlessly fascinated (and vaguely terrified) by what might exist in space. Perhaps, over the next century, nothing will excite, challenge, and propel humanity forward more than the exploration of space.

From Elon Musk to Donald Trump, visionaries are planning to send humans to Mars and beyond, possibly setting up colonies on the Red Planet in the next century.

100 years is not a long time to prepare for such a move, although we are still not sure what the human living situation on Mars will be like.
Space travel will also become more affordable (and perhaps even a tourist destination), and what we see from above the Earth's surface will be used to traverse the universe.