Have
you ever wondered what our world could look like in about 100 years
from now? Take a look at this pictures and see just how things may turn
out to be.
Citscape: Could we be living underwater in 100 years time?
They look like scenes from a science fiction film - but these striking images show how we could all be living in 100 years time.
From owning an apartment in an underwater ‘bubble city’ to eating
3D-printed restaurant food and travelling in our own personal drones,
academics have predicted how technology will revolutionise life within a
century.
The most dramatic changes look to come in not just how we live but
where we live, with science opening the door to homes underwater,
underground and holidays on the Moon and Mars after we have colonised
Space.
With parts of the world already hugely overpopulated, boffins
suspect the ocean will be the next place to build and that entire cities
could be suspended under the sea.
Inside an enormous see-through bubble, homes, schools, offices and
even parks could be built using the water itself to make oxygen and
generating hydrogen fuel in the process.
Instead of building skyscrapers up into the air, we look set to
reverse them down into the earth, tunneling huge structures 25 storeys
deep where people can live and work.
Skyline: Huge buildings could be the living spaces of the future
And these will be homes that won’t need to be repaired or decorated
but will have smart LED surfaces to adapt to suit our moods with moving
partitions to change layouts on demand.
A new report predicts that going on an exotic holiday in 2116 won’t
just mean heading as far afield as Australia or Thailand but leaving
the Earth’s atmosphere completely to spend a fortnight on the Moon or
Mars.
And if we do fancy staying in our own planet we could have our
personal holiday home ready-stocked with all our possessions dropped off
at any destination by a drone.
The SmartThings Future Living Report was authored by a team of
leading academics including one of the UK’s leading space scientists Dr
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, award-winning futurist architects and lecturers at
the University of Westminster Arthur Mamou-Mani and Toby Burgess, as
well as pioneering urbanists Linda Aitken and Els Leclerq.
It was commissioned by Samsung’s SmartThings which allows people to
control the lights, heating and locks in their home remotely -
technology they point out would seem like science fiction as little as
10 years ago.
Holidays: Could we be heading to the Moon or even Mars
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock said: “Our lives today are almost
unrecognisable from those a century ago. The internet has revolutionised
the way we communicate, learn and control our lives.
“Just 10 years ago, technology like SmartThings would have been
inconceivable, yet today developments like this let us monitor, control
and secure our living spaces with the touch of a smartphone.
“Over the next century we will witness further seismic shifts
in the way we live and interact with our surroundings - working on the
SmartThings Future Living Report with a panel of industry experts has
allowed me to explore what these could be.
“We are likely to see the emergence of towering megastructures
as well as sub-aquatic cities and transportation via advanced flying
drones – some of which could be strong enough to transport entire houses
on holiday.”
Kitchen sink: Drones could take all our possessions on holiday with us
Advances in medical technology could also mean that pulling a
sickie from work is a thing of the past with health diagnosis pods
fitted as standard in all homes.
Anyone bluffing their symptoms would be caught out after stepping
into a medi-pod that would provide a digital diagnosis and supply
medicine or even a remote surgeon.
Like something from 2013 science fiction thriller Elysium, people
will be instantly diagnosed meaning life-expectancy would surely rocket.
And people in this futuristic world are unlikely to suffer burn-out
from work as the report predicts that we could all be working a
three-day week as we attend meetings remotely via holograms.
3D printing could be extended to everything from furniture to food
with the ability to download dishes from our favourite chefs and print
them, ready to eat, in minutes.
Expert vision: Scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock has revealed what the future could look like
SmartThings UK managing director James Monighan said: “The
smartphone revolution is already ushering in the smart home revolution,
which will have massively positive implications on how we live.
“Our homes are becoming smarter and can now detect the presence
of things like people, pets, smoke, humidity, lighting and moisture. And this is just the beginning.”
SmartThings also surveyed 2,000 British adults to ask them what they thought would be the most likely advances in future living.
Top of the list was virtual work meetings - already possible
through the internet - with 48% of people agreeing we will attend
meetings via holograms in the future.
Taking commercial flights into space was also deemed likely by 41%
of those surveyed and 26% thought it would be possible to have virtual
interior design that adapted to suit your mood.
The public seemed more sceptical about the idea of building
skyscrapers into the earth, with just 16% believing this would happen,
and they were also unsure about giant skyscrapers housing entire cities,
with just 18% saying they thought this was on the cards.
Source: Daily Mirror
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