What 2024 will look like | Future Forecast

Read 108 predictions for 2024, 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 2024

More than 50% of Internet traffic to homes will be from appliances and other home devices. 1
Artificial muscles used in robots can lift more weight and generate more mechanical power than human muscles 1
New prosthetic models convey sensations of feeling 1
First manned mission to Mars 1
Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 0.9 US dollars 1
Global reserves of Indium is fully mined and depleted 1
Saudi Arabia's "Jubail II" is fully built 1
World population forecasted to reach 8,067,008,000 1
World sales of electric vehicles reaches 9,206,667 1
Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 84 exabytes 1
Global Internet traffic grows to 348 exabytes 1

Technology Forecasts for 2024

Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2024 include:

Society and the hybrid generation
The slow death of the carbon energy era | Future of Energy P1

Culture Forecasts for 2024

Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2024 include:

United States vs. Mexico: Geopolitics of Climate Change
Geopolitics of the unhinged web: Future of the Internet P9
Militarize or disarm? Reforming the police for the 21st century: Future of policing P1
Planning the megacities of tomorrow: Future of Cities P2
Infrastructure 3.0, rebuilding tomorrow’s megacities: Future of Cities P6

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