Future

What are we going to do with the extra free time made possible by autonomous cars? Intel and Warner Bros. are developing what they call “in-cabin immersive experiences” designed to keep you entertained while you're being chauffeured around.

In 2015, the Royal Navy released its concept of the surface warship of 2050. Now the RN is casting its crystal ball further into the future by asking a team of young engineers from UKNEST to develop concepts for future British submarines.

The future of transport is up for grabs, and automakers are under intense pressure to get ahead of the self-driving revolution or face a bleak future. Ford's Australian President and CEO used a public forum in Sydney this week to address the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Drawing on long-term data, researchers have predicted the average life expectancies for people in 35 countries born in 2030. Residents of every country studied can expect to live longer, with South Korean women topping the list at 90 years – but it's not such great news for the US.

With the speed that AI is advancing, hundreds of AI and robotics researchers have compiled the Asilomar AI Principles, a list of 23 principles, priorities and precautions that should guide our development of artificial intelligence to ensure it’s safe, ethical and beneficial.

How will human civilization as we know it today be remembered 200 years from now? Will people regard it with the same indifference that we regard the Industrial Revolution, a period reduced to a summary of milestones in a history book?

What will we be tucking into in the year 2036? A plate of bugs with a side order of seaweed? A glass of milky liquid? Take your places at table and join us as we take a look at what mealtimes in the future might look like.​

In the final part of our hilarious interview series, this joyfully maniacal EV genius sits down with Loz to discuss his youth as a street racing hustler, how he got into lithium battery technology, the future of high performance motoring, and his unique, radioactive wedding ring.

Last year, Nissan and Foster + Partners announced a joint brain trust to consider the Fuel Station of the Future. A vision has now been unveiled in which the Fuel Station of the Future is conceived as the home, the street, the city and indeed the car itself – but not, ironically, as a fuel station.

Ikea may be known for its furniture, but now it has its eyes set on bigger goals. Its new Space10 future-living space is aimed at making our lives better and more sustainable. It brings together designers, artists, technologists, makers and creatives to investigate major global challenges.

It doesn't have a flux capacitor may not be able to travel through time like its Hollywood inspiration, but Stanford University's autonomous DeLorean MARTY can cut some wicked donuts without the aid of a driver.

At the recent DSEI exhibition in London, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MOD) took the wraps off its Future Soldier Vision (FSV) concept that is based on projections of today's commercial and military technology.