Hindsight · review build · data not yet validated
| Change | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| renamed | PGS 2011 to 2015 | Rapid personal gene sequencing 2012 |
| renamed | 3D printing 2011 to 2015 | Additive manufacturing 2012 |
| dropped | Print on demand 2011 to 2015 | |
| dropped | Memristor |
| dropped | Cermets 2011 to 2015 |
| renamed, delayed | Private spaceflight 2011 to 2015 | Commercial spaceflight 2016 |
| delayed | Bio-enhanced fuels 2011 to 2015 | Bio-enhanced fuels 2017 |
| dropped | Ultra-capacitors 2011 to 2015 |
| delayed | Fuel cells 2011 to 2015 | Fuel cells 2016 |
| renamed, delayed | Smart meters 2011 to 2015 | Smart power meters 2018 |
| delayed | Procedural storytelling 2011 to 2015 | Procedural storytelling 2020 |
| dropped | Gamification of media 2011 to 2015 |
| dropped | All media on demand 2011 to 2015 |
| delayed | Haptics 2011 to 2015 | Haptics 2019 |
| delayed | Holography | Holography 2021 |
| renamed, delayed | AR 2011 to 2015 | Augmented reality 2017 |
| renamed | 3D 2011 to 2015 | Volumetric (3D) screens 2014 |
| renamed | Tabs & Pads 2011 to 2015 | Tablets 2012 |
| delayed | Boards 2011 to 2015 | Boards 2017 |
| dropped | Electronic paper |
| renamed | Pervasive video 2011 to 2015 | Pervasive video capture 2015 |
| delayed | 4G 2011 to 2015 | 4G 2016 |
| dropped | PAN 2011 to 2015 |
| dropped | Social graph 2011 to 2015 |
| renamed | NFC 2011 to 2015 | Near-field communication 2014 |
| dropped | Semantic web 2011 to 2015 |
| dropped | Linked data 2011 to 2015 |
| delayed | Bio-markers 2011 to 2015 | Biomarkers 2019 |
| renamed, delayed | Vertical agriculture 2015 to 2025 | Vertical farming 2026 |
| delayed | Bio-materials 2015 to 2025 | Biomaterials 2026 |
| advanced | Self-healing materials 2015 to 2025 | Self-healing materials 2014 |
| dropped | Medical diagnostics 2015 to 2025 |
| advanced | Software agents 2015 to 2025 | Software agents 2014 |
| dropped | VASIMR |
| dropped | Superconducting interties 2015 to 2025 |
| dropped | Nanostructure battery cathodes 2015 to 2025 |
| delayed | Biomechanical harvesting 2015 to 2025 | Biomechanical harvesting 2026 |
| dropped | PV at grid parity 2015 to 2025 |
| dropped | Solar thermal 2015 to 2025 |
| dropped | Location-aware media 2015 to 2025 |
| dropped | Immersive 3D projections 2015 to 2025 |
| advanced | Fabric-embedded screens | Fabric-embedded screens 2023 |
| dropped | SPIMES 2015 to 2025 |
| dropped | Virtual property 2015 to 2025 |
| dropped | Sensors 2015 to 2025 |
| renamed, advanced | Exoskeletons | Powered exoskeleton 2020 |
| dropped | Tele-medicine 2015 to 2025 |
| delayed | Stem-cell treatments 2015 to 2025 | Stem-cell treatments 2026 |
| dropped | Regenerative medicine |
| renamed | Artificial limbs 2025 to | Hybrid assisted limbs 2032 |
| dropped | Wetware (biofeedback) 2025 to |
| renamed | Reversal of aging 2025 to | Anti-aging drugs 2038 |
| renamed, advanced | Synthetic meat 2025 to | In-vitro meat 2022 |
| renamed | Intelligence Amplification 2025 to | Machine-augmented cognition 2037 |
| advanced | Machine translation 2025 to | Machine translation 2019 |
| dropped | Tethers 2025 to |
| dropped | Smart clothing 2025 to |
| dropped | Smart infrastructure 2025 to |
| dropped | HAPs 2025 to |
| dropped | Smart cities 2025 to |
| renamed, advanced | UAVs 2025 to | Commercial UAVs 2022 |
| added | Depth imaging 2012 |
| added | Tidal turbines 2015 |
| added | Flexible screens 2016 |
| added | Telematics 2016 |
| added | Organ printing 2016 |
| added | Mesh networking 2017 |
| added | Biometric sensors 2017 |
| added | Graphene 2017 |
| added | Photonics 2018 |
| added | 4K 2018 |
| added | Modular computers 2018 |
| added | Robotic surgery 2018 |
| added | Synthetic blood 2018 |
| added | Personal fabricators 2018 |
| added | Smart drugs 2019 |
| added | Eyewear-embedded screens 2020 |
| added | Context-aware computing 2021 |
| added | Optical invisibility cloaks 2021 |
| added | Weather engineering 2021 |
| added | Reputation economy 2022 |
| added | Computational photography 2023 |
| added | Synthetic biology 2024 |
| added | VR-only lifeforms 2025 |
| added | Reprogrammable chips 2026 |
| added | Sea-steading 2029 |
| added | Gene therapy 2030 |
| added | Immersive virtual reality 2031 |
| added | Enernet 2032 |
| added | Desalination 2032 |
| added | Remote presence 2033 |
| added | Artificial retinas 2034 |
| added | Mars mission 2034 |
| added | Carbon sequestration 2034 |
| added | Neuro-informatics 2035 |
| added | Embodied avatars 2035 |
| added | Exocortex 2036 |
| added | Nanomedicine 2036 |
| added | Climate engineering 2036 |
| added | Space-based solar power 2039 |
| added | Solar sail 2039 |
| added | Arcologies 2039 |