1 . According to a new report, the future may be here sooner than we think. A team of academics and researchers predict (预测) underwater cities, personal drones (无人机) and giant skyscrapers (摩天大楼) by the year 2116. The team even predict that we will be vacationing on the moon or even on Mars just in 100 years.

The team of academics include architects, futurists and speakers from the University of Westminster. A lot of the technology needed to do the things predicted is already here; it just needs to be scaled up (扩大) and become more cost effective (划算的). Experts say that due to the increase in population, humans will live in large urban centers consisting of super tall skyscrapers, taller than anything we have ever seen. Other than going up, the report suggests that there will be “earth-scrapers” going as far as 25 stories underground. Meanwhile, they believe that there will be “bubble cities” that produce oxygen using the surrounding water. What’s more, drone technologies are predicted to grow at a rapid rate enabling the everyday man to travel anywhere he wants to go in his personal drone.

The report also predicts that the food industry will be reshaped by 3D printing technology. Families will be able to download whatever meal they want from databases of popular chefs and restaurants. Then once you’re done with your 4-course 3D printed meal, you can have a large drone take your whole house to a vacation spot you like and have your dinner while enjoying the beautiful scenery. This may sound unbelievable, but given advances in modular (模块化) design and large-scale affordable drones, these all may be in store.

Keep in mind that all of these things are just predictions about the future from an independently contracted team, but we are facing an age of rapid development never seen before in human history and these predictions may end up being realized.

All this technological advancement may sound terrifying to some degree, but you’d better get used to it. Given all the recent advances in medicine, there’s a high likelihood that you may live to see 2116. Then why not see what you can do to help make the future come a little faster?