The document discusses predictions for how various aspects of life could change in the next 50 years according to a new report commissioned by Samsung. Some of the key predictions include: - Transportation will be revolutionized through underwater tube systems connecting countries in under an hour, as well as flying taxis and buses cutting congestion in cities. - Architecture will change dramatically with underground "earthscraper" skyscrapers and buildings burrowing downwards for stability. - Quality of life will be transformed through technologies like self-cleaning smart homes, 3D printed organ transplants, health implants monitoring our stats, and space hotels. - Work will be dramatically different as well, challenged by digital innovations like those that came with

1. Predictions For The
Future
PHILLIP ANDREWS
JULY 2019

2. TOP PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
BY TECH EXPERTS
 1 - Underwater highways - A subsonic tube transport system will be created as a
sealed tube system that is travelled using pods, enabling connections between
the UK and mainland Europe as far as Scandinavia in under an hour
 2 - Underground skyscrapers - So-called earthscrapers, inverted skyscrapers, which
burrow downwards for many storeys into the ground, enabling the withstanding of
earthquakes.
 3 - Self-Cleaning homes - At the press of the button, homes will 'self clean' when
you leave the house or while you are sleeping
 4 - Space hotels - Holidays to space, in which space hotels orbit the Moon or other
planets, generating their own gravity
 5 - 3D printing of organs - Providing replacements for people in need or organ
transplants or to improve performance, giving night-vision or super-speed

3. TOP PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
BY TECH EXPERTS
 6 - High street insect-burger takeaways - Insects at set to become one of our main
food protein sources.
 7 - Flying buses and taxis - We'll be stepping into the nearest available 'air taxi' as a
high-power drone-copter will fly us above the traffic to speed us to our destination
 8 - Body implants that monitor our health and translate any language - A digital
companion that gets to know us and our health over our lifetime, which keeps track
of our health needs
 9 - Quidditch-style aerial sport matches on hoverboards - We'll be cheering on our
favorite sporting teams as they fly around the stadium on hoverboards, in Quidditch-
style four-dimensional sport matches
 10 - Interactive movies, physically taking part in what we watch via VR - When it
comes to watching films at home, affordable, refined haptic suits that create
sensations of touch, which will fool all five of our senses, allowing us to physically feel
the film or video game

4. Architecture Will
Change
Dramatically

7. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
7402781/What-world-look-like-50-years-time.html
 Tanya Weller, director of Samsung Showcase, KX, said: 'Fifty years ago we could
have never predicted such changes to the way we live, work, travel and eat.
Samsung has always been a future-facing company, we exist to create human-
driven innovations that defy barriers to progress.' Pictured: Concept images for a
new urban skyscraper, with underground area
 Ms Weller added: 'As a brand, we're not just about making products that
embrace the future, we want to help prepare people to navigate the future with
confidence'. Pictured: An annotated concept image of an underground
skyscraper

10. Transportation
Will Change
Dramatically

11. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
7402781/What-world-look-like-50-years-time.html
 The report was commissioned by Samsung to mark the opening of Samsung KX,
the technology firm's new 'experience space' and retail store in King's Cross,
London, which will host tech tutorials, health and wellbeing sessions and other
classes.
 Called Samsung KX50: The Future in Focus, it suggests that by 2069 transport will
have been revolutionized - with underwater tube transport systems and highways
in use between the UK, mainland Europe and other regions, where high-speed
pods transport travelers between some countries in less than an hour.
 Flying taxis and buses will also be used in urban areas to cut congestion, while
more long-distance travel will involve reusable rockets flying in the upper
atmosphere and at high-speed, cutting travel time between London and New
York to under 30 minutes, the report suggests.

15. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-
2023472/What-cities-future-look-like-according-
General-Motors-getting-them.html

17. QoL Will
Change
Dramatically

18. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
7402781/What-world-look-like-50-years-time.html
 The predictions have been compiled by a group of academics and futurists,
including TechUK president and co-chair of the Institute of Coding Jacqueline de
Rojas, director of engineering and education at the Royal Academy of
Engineering, Dr. Rhys Morgan and food futurologist Dr. Morgaine Gaye.
 Hoverboard-based sports and holidays in space are some of the upcoming
revelations which will be commonplace in 50 years' time, a new report on the
future of technology has predicted.

22. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
7402781/What-world-look-like-50-years-time.html
 The report also predicts the mass-scale production of 3D-printed organs, implants
to monitor our health, and self-cleaning homes will be key parts of everyday life.
 The large-scale 3D printing of vital organs will offer instant replacements to those who
need them and insects will have become a key protein source, the report claims, with
kitchens of the future equipped with counter-top growing pods and tools to harvest
the insects produced/ Pictured: A concept image for Samsung's connected living
space

23. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
7402781/What-world-look-like-50-years-time.html
 In health, virtual companions and carers will become common, tracking a
person's health status throughout their life and able to translate symptoms and
conditions into any language.
 The large-scale 3D printing of vital organs will offer instant replacements to those
who need them, and insects will have become a key protein source, the report
claims, with kitchens of the future equipped with counter-top growing pods and
tools to harvest the insects produced.

27. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
7402781/What-world-look-like-50-years-time.html
 The report also asked Britons which of the predictions they would most like to see
become a reality, and 63% of those surveyed said self-cleaning homes, powered by
robot technology would be their top choice, followed by implants to monitor health
stats and flying taxis and buses.
 Tanya Weller, director of Samsung Showcase, KX, said: 'Fifty years ago we could have
never predicted such changes to the way we live, work, travel and eat.
 'Samsung has always been a future-facing company, we exist to create human-
driven innovations that defy barriers to progress.
 'As a brand, we're not just about making products that embrace the future, we want
to help prepare people to navigate the future with confidence.
 'As the new Samsung KX destination opens in Coal Drops Yard, we're excited that our
guests will have the opportunity to discover a range of new, one-of-a-kind tech
innovations, powered by Samsung technology.'

31. Work Will
Change
Dramatically

38. Other
Predictions

39. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-
7402781/What-world-look-like-50-years-time.html
 Ms. de Rojas, who co-authored the report, told MailOnline: 'The next
50 years will bring the largest technological changes and
innovations we have ever seen in our work and leisure.
“The Digital Revolution, just as the
(first) Industrial Revolution did 250
years ago, is challenging all our
assumptions about how we shall
lead our future lives.”

40. Combining Urban and Rural environments
once again. Concrete jungles are not
good for anyone.