Predictions for 2022 | Future timeline
Read 1468 predictions for 2022, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Fast forecasts for 2022
Fast Forecast
- U.S. automakers agree to adopt crash-avoidance braking by 2022.1
- 10% of the world's population will be wearing clothes connected to the Internet.1
- The first 3D-printed car will be in production.1
- ESA and NASA will try to divert an asteroid out of its orbit. 1
- Compliance period for the US Clean Power Plan begins. 1
- Construction of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) begins in Chile. 1
- All new car models will now have automatic braking by default. 1
- Mobile payments grow to $3 trillion, a 200 fold increase from 7 years prior. 1
- The BICAR, a cross between a bicycle and electric car, becomes available for purchase 1
- Denmark begins making shifts towards cash-free societies 1
- Planes that use sunlight for fuel are used regularly. They use up to 17000 solar cells 1
- Scientists capable of replicating faces solely through DNA analysis 1,2
- U.S. military food researchers develop pizza that can last up to 3 years 1
- Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 1.1 US dollars 1
- World population forecasted to reach 7,914,763,000 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 7,886,667 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 50 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 260 exabytes 1
Country forecasts for 2022
Read forecasts about 2022 specific to a range of countries, including:
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Technology forecasts for 2022
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2022 include:
- The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
- How the first Artificial General Intelligence will change society: Future of artificial intelligence P2
- Artificial Intelligence is tomorrow’s electricity: Future of artificial intelligence P1
- Why are countries competing to build the biggest supercomputers? Future of Computers P6
- Cloud computing becomes decentralized: Future of Computers P5
Culture forecasts for 2022
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2022 include:
- Jobs that will survive automation: Future of Work P3
- Rise of the electric car: Future of Energy P3
- Militarize or disarm? Reforming the police for the 21st century: Future of policing P1
- Geopolitics of the unhinged web: Future of the Internet P9
- The trends pushing our education system towards radical change: Future of education P1
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Science forecasts for 2022
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2022 include:
Health forecasts for 2022
Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2022 include:
- Responsibility over your quantified health: Future of Health P7
- Precision healthcare taps into your genome: Future of Health P3
- Healthcare nearing a revolution: Future of Health P1
