1. Predicting the Future Greg Murphy

2. What do you think the future will look like?

3. Will it look like this?

4. Or like this?

5. What do you know? To make an accurate prediction about the future It helps to look back on the last century. Think about how and why technology has evolved.

6. Table of Contents Successful Predictions of the Past Wrong predictions of the Past Causes for Advancements Breakthroughs in Technology Some Reasons for Advancements Making Reasonable Predictions

7. Successful Predictions Here are a few predictions made long ago about what life would look like today. Here are a few predictions made long ago about what life would look like today.

8. Robotic Vacuums

9. Video Conferencing

10. Online shopping

11. Wrong Predictions Here are a few bad predictions made long ago about life today.

12. Paper Clothing

13. Flying Cars

14. Permanent Moon Base

15. Causes Technology in the 20 th Century advanced at an alarming rate. Think of some possible reasons for why there were so many advancements. Example breakthrough include…

16. In 1895 the Wright brothers invented the first airplane.

17. 50 years later

18. Passenger Air Travel

19. In 1926 Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket. It rose 41 feet.

20. 25 years later

21. 35 years later

22. Societal needs that necessitated such a dramatic advancements in science and technology Here are some hints…

23. War

24. Foreign Policy

25. Based on the cause and effect relationship of tech and society… what kinds of advanced technology will there be a need for in the future? Here are some examples to get you thinking.

26. Helping People

27. Providing Companionship

28. When predicting the future Be reasonable. Make an educated guess by considering only technologies that science will make possible. Some examples of unreasonable expectations include…

29. Will this ever be possible?

30. How about this?

31. When predicting the future Consider technology today, and think about how it has evolved in recent years. Based on this, what might it look like tomorrow?

32. Cell Phones

33. Will the next generation continue to be smaller/thinner?

34. Or will cell phones be something entirely different?

35. When predicting the future Think about possible bad applications of advanced technology.

36. Future of police surveillance?

37. Future gamer?

38. Now it’s your turn!

39. Your Assignment: make a timeline for the next 50 years