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by n_ary 2363 days ago
Interesting. It is fun to look at this and imagine exciting future. Random things I remember predicted about 2020:

+ Moon & Mars colonization

+ Touch-screen TVs

+ consumer computing moves to Google Glass

+ VR

+ Universal currency (BitCoin et al.)

+ Flying Cars

+ Cars that can run on Land & Water

+ Household Garbage to electricity converter

+ Everything runs on Solar power

+ Doomsday

+ AGI

+ Self driving cars

+ Holographic displays(like in movies)

+ No. 5 from the article

+ Biomed breakthroughs (aka Theranos)

These are from various sources I have read. Interestingly, most rely heavily on trending topics/techs of the time predictions were being made without accounting for how tech & field suddenly changes, such as Theranos and blockchain. :)

[edit: fixing list formatting ]