Predictions for 2028 | Future timeline
Read 49 predictions for 2028, 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 2028
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- Axiom-1, the commercial wing of the International Space Station, separates from ISS and becomes an independent space station.% 1
- Scientists successfully manipulate photosynthesis to increase crop yields by up to 1% 1
- Smartphones become capable of detecting diseases through brethalyzer screening technology 1
- RoboBees are utilized to pollinate crops in large scales 1
- Contact lenses with cameras become available for purchase 1
- Driverless cars begin having significant impact on profits for auto insurance companies 1
- Life expectancy explodes dramatically through gene modification 1
- Asia becomes the center of air travel 1
- Hypersonic missiles are in military use 1
- Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 0.65 US dollars 1
- World population forecasted to reach 8,359,823,000 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 11,846,667 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 176 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 572 exabytes 1
Country forecasts for 2028
Read forecasts about 2028 specific to a range of countries, including:
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Technology forecasts for 2028
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2028 include:
- The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
- Your future inside the Internet of Things: Future of the Internet P4
- The day wearables replace smartphones: Future of the Internet P5
- 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 2028
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2028 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
- Automated policing within the surveillance state: Future of policing P2
Science forecasts for 2028
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2028 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
