According to a dazzling number of technology predictions that single out the year 2020, it's going to be to be one heck of a year. Here, we take a quick spin to see some of the wonders it has in store.
We're constantly inundated with predictions for the future; from the food we eat to how we power our homes. But with so many ideas about the world of tomorrow, it's hard to get a true picture of what the world could be like. In an attempt to get a clearer idea of life in five ...
"The International Space Station Could Get Its Own Timeshare by 2020." When I read that headline last week, my first thought was, "Holy crap, that is epic. A freakin' Airbnb in space? Humans are awesome." Then, my second thought was, "This sounds exactly like a prediction someone would have made twenty years ago."
BEIJING China will plow 2.5 trillion yuan ($361 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country's energy agency said on Thursday, as the world's largest energy market continues to shift away from dirty coal power towards cleaner fuels.
September 21, 2050 - At a press conference today it was announced that the first tourist heading for Mars will be the 38-year-old US businessman Patrick Clifford. He will leave the earth in the launching window of June 2052 and set his foot on the surface of Mars in November, together with the other 6 astronauts assigned for the mission to further explore the planet.
2020 is set to be a good year for Mars exploration. The United States, China, the United Arab Emirates, Europe and Russia all have planned Mars missions that are scheduled to launch, or likely to launch, in that year. There have been more than 40 missions to Mars throughout history.
It's 2017, and that means we are that much closer to the optometric equivalent of Y2K-the year 2020. The notion that our calendar year will coincide with the perceptual perfect vision our patients expect from all of our services should elicit some tiny bumps on your skin.