Some Hypothetical World Events till 2051

NCC PRIZE PAPER :: Chandra S. Amaravadi

2007	City of Sao Paolo, Brazil experiments with mass governance.  First city in the world to allow Joe voter to vote electronically on city issues.
2010	Phillips announces its Symbolman series chips for Artificial Intelligence applications.
2012	Annabelle Hopper, the great grand daughter of Grace Hopper is awarded Turing prize for her contributions to image descriptions using a branch of mathematics called Discrete Calculus.
2015	CERN physicists capture the Higgs Boson (HB) ushering in a  new age of power generation.
2016	Microsoft announces its trillion-image pixel library project to build a database of all objects in the universe.  In collaboration with universities and companies around the world, Microsoft undertakes the ambitious project of compiling a comprehensive database of images.  When completed, 32 Trillion images would be available instantly for applications in Education, Simulation and Image recognition.
2018	WorldTel Networks awarded contract to build the I3, hailed as the fastest and most sophisticated version of the Internet.
2020	The first HB electrical power plant for the world, is completed in Siberia in record time.  The 100 square mile plant is expected to generate 20 Trillion Kilowatts once it reaches peak capacity.
2022	Mars mission declared a complete success.   Carbon Dioxide and Methane gas generators installed on the red planet.
2025	Widespread consolidation in the power and transportation industries.
2026	Boeing's experimental robotic freighter lands safely for the 10,000th time.   The International Aviation Federation to introduce new legislation to allow robotic pilots.
2030	UNTO passes resolution# 1/10, on a Universal Identification System for all individuals.
2035	World population crosses the 10 Billion mark.
2037	Rare Rembrandt sold to British collector for £ 1 billion.
2038	Renault Auto and Utilities announces its monthly operating results.
2039	Global currency unit agreement  debated in the UNTO.
2040	Minolta's housemaid series robot experiences record sales.
2045	France passes the Aesthetics Laws – Fashion Police become a reality.
2050	GlaxoSmithKline launches its genetic factory into space amid widespread protests from environmentalists.
2051	India and Japan collaborate on the first ocean-city project –  Asteroid belt to be mined.  Dubbed the "Dwaraka" project, it is the first time that the asteroid belt is being mined for terrestrial purposes.