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Post by mwalker96 on Apr 14, 2018 1:38:11 GMT 10
I thought we’d have flying cars by 2012 in 2008. 6 years later, we don’t even have self driving cars. 😭 In early 2007 we had to do a presentation on what technologies we thought would be popular by 2012 for my IT class. I predicted we would have hydrogen powered cars by 2012. Also, in that same presentation I predicted PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants like the Palm) would replace regular cellphones 😂 I consider that more embarrassing than my hydrogen car prediction, probably because it was a severe under-prediction than an over-prediction.  PDA's are basically pre-cursors to the i-pad so your kinda right on that.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Apr 14, 2018 23:58:01 GMT 10
Also, in that same presentation I predicted PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants like the Palm) would replace regular cellphones 😂 I consider that more embarrassing than my hydrogen car prediction, probably because it was a severe under-prediction than an over-prediction. To be fair, that wasn't actually a bad prediction. You could argue that Personal Digital Assistants are smartphones, given how much people rely on them to complete tasks and use them in their day-to-day lives. I know they're not the same thing, but you were on the right track when you made that prediction. 
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Post by TheUser98 on Apr 15, 2018 10:36:58 GMT 10
Since 2014 I assumed a first-person shooter game would be released at some point over the next few years that would be set in the First World War in honour of the war's centenary as their had never been a WWI game made by a major gaming studio before. In 2016 my prediction was validated as DICE released Battlefield 1.
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Post by SharksFan99 on May 22, 2018 12:31:42 GMT 10
I've been reading a few of my old posts on a number of websites and I came across these interesting predictions I made back in January 2017:
Unfortunately, I was proven right. Trap has dominated the Billboard Hot 100 in America, while EDM has had more of a presence on the charts in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. There are signs that music may be diversifying again, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I guess you could say "Despacito" achieved that effect. After the release of "Despacito" back in April 2017 (hard to believe it was released over a year ago!), latino-pop made a bit of a return to the mainstream, particularly in the US. Concurrently, Trap is also starting to gradually lose it's presence on the Billboard Hot 100.
I would have to agree that Hipster-culture has gradually started to decline. Although, with that said, Indie-pop still has a noticeable influence on the charts, at least here in Australia.
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