Have you ever wondered what the
world will be like in the future? With mankind developing new
technology faster than ever before, its likely our world will be completely different
in the next 20 or 30 year than what it is now. In todays video we’re going to take
a deeper look into some of the new and exciting technology that is expected
to be released in the next few decades and maybe get a glimpse into what our
world could look like in the year 2050! But before we start, make sure
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more awesome videos like this! Let’s start with one that’s probably on
the top of everyone’s “Future Bucket List” which is space tours and travel Have you ever imagined what it
would be like to travel to space? Well, in 2050, it might be possible. According to Business Insider,
space tourism could happen by then, with Rocket companies like Elon Musk’s
SpaceX and Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin, we could see the beginning of space tours
being made available to the general public! How cool would that be? You won’t have to
train your entire life to be an astronaut, in the future, you could book a space holiday
as easily as buying a plane ticket! It will most likely cost a fortune for one of those
interstellar seats and unfortunately will only be affordable for the super-rich, so if you wanna
travel through space, you better start saving now There’s also the possibility of colonizing
other planets! Elon musk for example is working on a project that could see the first
human settlement begin in the next 10 years! Although it will take a very long time before
it becomes livable for the general population, as Mars has a very cold climate and no oxygen,
we would most likely need to build small, contained eco-systems that can produce
oxygen for us to breathe. But its still pretty exciting to think that we could be in
the first generation human space travellers! The next thing we will likely have
in the future is advanced drones! Just look at Amazon and Jubilant Foodworks who
are already using drones for the delivery of goods and pizzas. With drones being bought
and used for surveillance and mapping, it’s not long until they slowly start taking
over and overthrow our local delivery guys. Inkonova is a company that has made full use of
this fact and started to work on building drones that can fly, drive, climb, and can even use laser
technology to scan areas and generate a 3D map of them. These super advanced drones will prove to
be very useful for mapping underground mines, and other inaccessible zones in the future. We will also have a lot of
new energy sources available Solar power has been proven to be an excellent
source of energy. Of course, since we have easy access to sunlight. But can you imagine what
space solar power can bring to the table? Orbital solar power stations or satellites can
be built in high orbit, that can use microwave or laser power transmission to send solar
energy to Earth using a very large antenna. That energy could then eliminate the need for old,
polluting energy sources such as diesel or petrol. A solar power plant placed in orbit would
not be affected by day and night cycles, seasons, or weather because of
its constant exposure to the sun. However, this idea isn’t actually new. It has been around since 1968, but
construction costs are through the roof, and back then, they didn’t have the technology
that we have today to make it possible. Another new energy source is ocean
thermal energy, and is one of the world’s largest renewable energy sources,
but is oddly a largely untapped resource. It’s frustrating to even say this...
like, come on, water is everywhere! But that’s not to say that companies aren’t
using it though. The geniuses at Bluerise are generating utility-scale electricity
through Ocean thermal energy conversion. Once they get a breakthrough, it will
be able to surpass fossil fuel-based energy and other renewables that require
storage and grid balancing. Its main advantage is that it’s one of the very few constant
energy sources, available all year-round. We will also make huge advancements
in the neuroprosthetics field Have you ever thought about controlling
a computer using your thoughts? What about controlling your
house by sending out brainwaves? It may take decades to reach
this point, but it can happen. In fact, the first neuroprosthetics
are already on the market. There are cochlear (pronounced cock-le-ar)
implants and retinal implants which were approved by the FDA back in 2013. There are also implants
for people with Parkinson’s disease that can send electrical pulses deep into the brain, activating
some of the pathways involved in motor control. There are also rare cases of brain implant
therapies for people paralyzed due to spinal cord injury or other neurological damage.
These implants are inserted into the brain, and read off electrical signals
that are translated by a computer to restore a bit of movement and communication.
But if you pair it with an exoskeleton, then hope for the paralyzed is truly possible. It even made the news that Thibault, a
30-year-old paralyzed man, was able to move all of his limbs with the help of an exoskeleton
that can read brain waves. Isn’t that awesome? Following on from neuroposthetics, we will
probably also develop hardware implants If you’ve played Cyberpunk long enough, then you’ll get an idea of
what we’re talking about here. There are already famous
examples of real-life cyborgs: People with hearing aids powered
with artificial intelligence, John who works at customer service, and
patients wearing implanted pacemakers. These people are technically cyborgs, and they
may be everywhere around us in a matter of time. A new generation of people might
likely start the cyborg trend, where they would implant devices and hardware
into their bodies just to look cooler. Bit of a step up from a
tattoo or a piercing right? It’s not just a bad thing though. Utilizing this in the medical field
makes it possible to repair physical impairments such as eyesight problems.
Although, it can also pave the way to the possibility of having the eyesight of
an eagle and other superhuman qualities! Theres also a lot of hope for people who
have lost limbs in accidents. As there are currently a number of robotic prosthetics
available already, you can bet that in the next few decades, we would be able to create human
like prosthetics that integrate with your body! Our medical expertise will also improve immensely. There are a lot of world-breaking
ideas to improve medical practices, but let’s start with the one that
we’ve been hoping to make a reality. The concept of the medical tricorder from Star
Trek has been in talks for years, and we are hopeful that researchers can pull it off. Can
you imagine having a device that can immediately give you a diagnosis, the patient’s basic vital
signs, and health parameters all from one scan? The closest to the medical
tricorder is the Viatom Checkme Pro. This device not only measures your body temp
but measures pulse rate and rhythm, systolic blood pressure, oxygen saturation, physical
activity, and can even trace sleep patterns. Instead of patiently waiting for the findings
of medical professionals, patients will become the point-of-care while monitoring their health by
themselves. It’s a handy device to have for sure. Nanotech and targeted treatments
are also worth a mention Nanodevices and nanoparticles will
soon operate as cancer treatment tools, precise drug delivery systems,
or microscopic surgeons. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute
are trying to make this a reality, and have been experimenting with these micro-sized
robots that can swim through body fluids. These microbots can be used to deliver
drugs in a highly targeted way, just like the Amazon delivery
man only much, much smaller. These delivery bots are designed to swim
through non-Newtonian fluids, like your blood, around your lymphatic system, or across the
slippery fluid on the surface of your eyeballs. Although we are not there yet, the
development of “digestibles“ could be our one-way ticket to the wonderful world
of nanodevices. These tiny pills combined with a sensor could track the digestion and
the absorption of drugs after taking them. It’s already been out since 2015, where
the FDA approved the first drug product combined with a digestible sensor. The Japanese Pharmaceutical company, Otsuka,
and Proteus Digital Health created a digestible sensor incorporated with a drug against
mental illness. With the patient’s approval, the tiny sensor can communicate with a
wearable sensor patch when the drug is taken, then the information is transmitted to the
patient or caretaker’s smartphone or tablet. Pretty convenient, right?
Another thing to look forward to is the fact that autonomous vehicles will
most likely be used by the masses in 2050 Will public transportation take to the skies?
Who knows, but this could be a reality in 2050. Successful demonstration flights
of Autonomous Aerial Vehicles or AAVs have been carried out already. AAVs are autonomous human-carrying drones that are designed for transporting passengers.
Most configurations of these flying vehicles use Vertical Take-Off and Landing through horizontal
rotors, eliminating the need for a runway. Although they’re similar to
drones, AAVs are much different. The idea behind AAVs is to
have commuters hop on board, taking them off congested roads and flying
them to their destinations on direct routes. If you hate traffic and long commutes,
then AAVs are something to look forward to. The Ehang 184 is a concept for the world’s
first Air Taxi and debuted in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup in 2022. The
5G-connected urban air mobility vehicle is controlled through a smart city command
center and is the current model for AAVs. But what if you’re not a fan of public transport?
Well Uber is actually releasing a new, flying taxi that is already being tested right now! These
small, helicopter looking cabs could be in your city as early as 2023 and you could order them
in the exact same way you order your uber today. The bad thing is that there won’t be any driver
for you to ask the “busy night?” question to. Another vehicle advancement we could
likely see is the development of hover bikes! Maybe not as extreme as the ones
on the movie Tron, but you get the idea. You’ve seen hoverboards, but have you
ever thought about the idea of hoverbikes? This concept of hoverbikes is comparable to an
AAV, in that it uses a VTOL platform. However, instead of being unmanned, a human
operator rides and controls the vehicle. The design resembles the common
motorbike with four rotors and is capable of carrying one person,
perfect for singles like you and me. Like AAVs, the aim of hoverbikes is to
provide a method of transportation that reduces street traffic for short-distance travel. A Russian company called Hoversurf
has developed the S3 2019 Hoverbike, a one-piece carbon fiber
frame that runs on batteries, and is capable of flying 96 Kilometers
per hour at 33 feet of altitude. But for $150,000 per bike, commuters won’t
be getting their hands on the hoverbike any time soon. Looks like cramped
buses are all we’ve got for now. And that's a wrap! There is a
lot of groundbreaking future tech that’s waiting for us in the next few years, and we’re lucky to be in a time where we have
the resources and minds to make these a reality. What tech do you expect to see in
2050? Was there any that I missed? Write a comment down below and let us know! I hope you enjoyed todays video, if
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