technology predictions for 2046 | Future timeline

Read technology predictions for 2046, a year that will see the world transform thanks to disruptions in technology that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore some of them below. 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. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

technology forecasts for 2046

Forecast
In 2046, a number of technology breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
  • Between 2045 and 2048, China completes the construction of a massive, gigawatt-level, space-based solar farm orbiting 22,000 miles above the Earth that beams down energy to a land-based receiver in China. The orbital platform will also act as a second space station for China. Likelihood: 40% 1
  • World sales of electric vehicles reaches 23,726,667 1

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