Predictions for 2027 | Future timeline
Read 38 predictions for 2027, 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.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends.
Fast forecasts for 2027
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- 10% of global gross domestic product will be stored using blockchain technology. 1
- Tiny robots remove carbon dioxide from oceans to reduce the impact of climate change 1
- RoboBees are utilized to pollinate crops in large scales 1
- 4D printing allows 3D printed objects to transform and change their shape over time 1
- Robot servents become commonplace in most upper middle class households 1
- The BRICs overtake the G7 nations 1
- Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 0.7 US dollars 1
- Dubai World Central "Al Maktoum International Airport" is fully built 1
- DARPA's Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE) goes into operation 1
- World population forecasted to reach 8,288,054,000 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 11,186,667 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 150 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 510 exabytes 1
Country forecasts for 2027
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Technology forecasts for 2027
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2027 include:
- The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
- Rise of the big data-powered virtual assistants: Future of the Internet P3
- Your future inside the Internet of Things: Future of the Internet P4
- Your addictive, magical, augmented life: Future of the Internet P6
- Housing prices crash as 3D printing and maglevs revolutionize construction: Future of Cities P3
Culture forecasts for 2027
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2027 include:
- The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
- Jobs that will survive automation: Future of Work P3
- Death of the full-time job: Future of Work P2
- AI police crush the cyber underworld: Future of policing P3
- Reengineering sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation: Future of law P4
Science forecasts for 2027
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2027 include:
- The rise of the transportation internet: Future of Transportation P4
- GMOs vs superfoods | Future of Food P3
- Peak cheap oil triggers renewable era: Future of Energy P2
- Renewables vs. the thorium and fusion energy wildcards: Future of Energy P5
- China, rise of a new global hegemon: Geopolitics of Climate Change
