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Confused? then let me explain. We’re currently in the future that as a child I looked forward to but it’s slightly more disappointing than I expected it to be, for instance the following things are missing:

• Flying Cars - car’s don’t really seem to have changed at all…
• Space Bases/Travel/Stuff - 50% of the stuff we send into space explodes :(
• Robots - OK we have a few things that can [vacuum your carpet], but nothing more really…

Nothing particularly outrageous, but still they’re all wrong :(

So here are my predictions for 2010 (the new future). They’re split into two categories:

• Concrete predictions - Stuff that totally will happen!
• Fluffy predictions - fluffy ideas that I can argue I got right - possibly contains humour

As a side note this idea has been totally scraped from the [last Lug Radio podcast] but now that it’s under a [Creative Commons License] it’s all good :D.

Fasten your seatbelts…

Concrete Predictions

• 1 Terabyte iPod - that’s a lot of songs kids
• Nuclear Fusion - putting stuff together can create at least as much energy as breaking it apart!
• Electric Cars - like the [Tesla] but I think that they’re going to become more common as better batteries are invented

Fluffy Predictions

• iPod connections on everything - most probably your microwave
• A generation of Adults with massive forearms from playing Wii too much in their childhood
• Linux kicking ass on the desktop - yeah yeah laugh it up, one day it will come true…
• Companies becoming more open - more open development, methods, what they’re thinking, what they’re planning etc
• Maybe a laboratory under the sea….maybe in another 10 or so years… :)

Come on then, what are your predictions for 2010?

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