What will be the most important breakthroughs of the next fifty years?
140675
Cars powered by ordinary water...Time will come (most likely in the very near future) where water can be separated into its components economically. Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is a very good fuel (sun's energy comes from hydrogen) and oxygen is needed for efficient combustion...The problem is, the bond between hydrogen and oxygen is so strong that it is still expensive to separate them as of now...Car makers though have started experimenting with cars powered by hydrogen but using fuel cells...Still an expensive proposition.
1055123
in 50 years \nthey are actually moving towards it.
190068
According to Bill Joy co founder of Sun Microsystems Nanotechnology will rise up and out of our control...I disagree since the technology is still on the drawing board and he's jumping to conclusions without factoring in human interaction and societal factors...so I see a complex future with governmental regualtions and social protests like such with the genetic engineering of produce.
228860
Just like it did in the past. New medicines will be developed to cure illnesses, new things will be invented to do tasks that are difficult or dangerous to do and new data wil be added to our database. All this will cause new questions to be asked for the future's future ;)
720766
Probably somewhat different, but not TOO much different than today.\n\nTechnology moves fast, big big things that completely change things (such as a human-computer bio interface) won't probably be around for 50+ years.\n\nOur computers will work faster, be smaller, and do more than they do now, but unfortunately, in 20 years, you probably won't be able to clip your computer to your ear as you're walking out the door.\n\nIf computers changed rapidly like that, the price would also go WAY up, to accommodate the highly changed technology.  So the tech companies will probably phase this technology in slowly.\n\nPretty sad.  But right now, I'd be happy with a 6 hour laptop battery that comes standard.
176711
Virtual Reality - almost there so this is most likely.\nBrain Transplants are currently too tricky.\n\nAlien Encounters would be cool - this is what I would like most. It would make veryone on Earth get along a bit better.
116297
well unless the humna race dies out, I would think there will be major advancements in the field of computers.  Right now they are playing with Quantom computers, we should see thoughs in the home in about 20 odd years.  Right now the Dual-processor chips are coming to market, so things are changing already.
903234
Cant rule out the possibility. \nBut..... based on currently available technology its very unlikely  within the next 50 to100 years. Definitely not in our life time.
19106
An invention: Cellborg ( http://www.livescience.com/technology/051027_cellborg_sensor.html ) massive potential to become useful in our lifetimes\n\nA discovery: new blackhole ( http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050509_blackhole_birth.html ) very little potential to become useful in our lifetimes, but oh so cool\n\nOffbeat: monkeys have accents ( http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051129/od_afp/japananimalsoffbeat ) it has to do with monkeys and I personally find study language fascinating
84326
I would say about 50% think of the future. It seems to me that everything on this planet seems to be divided 50% yes'er and 50% no'ers... Dr Checko... (Nickname)
370141
time travel\nlight speed travel\nparallel words\nanti gravity\na new none radioactive power source\nnano technology\nnew semiconductors \n\nthat's what am thinking of
771218
It will be in very near future.
127549
This site has a timeline of everyday inventions; it covers more than the fifty years you want, but it is fairly short and there seems to be some other useful information on the site.\n\nhttp://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768871.html
474521
Nanotech engineering.
680297
they would say its about time.  its going to eventually happen, it alwasy does.  might be 50 years from now, might be 1000, but it will happen.
795805
No, it is not true. But they are looking all the time and there are some that are expected to come pretty close in the next few decades. If there is ever a definite prediction of an inevitable collision, it will be all over the news; you won't have to ask about it on the Internet. I mean, it will be debated in congress, the president will be on all TV channels, the UN will debate it, every scientist and weirdo will be on TV talking about it, billions of dollars will be appropriated by governments around the world to try and do something about it and on and on and on. It will not be a secret or an obscure, hard to find fact.
721631
Definitely the future, sometime when war, crime and famine are no longer an issue.  And skycars, yeah, we gots to have skycars :-) they are long overdue!!!