the world smallest circular saw thread got my brain cell working. I've read the progress in the next 100 years will be one-thousand times what we have seen in the past 100.
Things I think will be in the next 50 years (ie, from what we know right now, these things are reasonable):
Printing food.
Printing clothes. both of these cause currently just requires way too much water.
Constuction with carbon fiber nano-stuff. Not sure of the ramifications of this.
No human physicians..... already we have kiosks @ pharmacies around the country, robot assisted surgery, and stem cells/other cells that seek out certain environments/conditions in the body. Certainly, we won't be drawing blood and will instead to retinal scans for all that. urine is a non-invasive easy way to assay stuff.
Teleportation and things going faster than the speed of light is I think it a little beyond the 50 year mark.
Better access for your memory. Things that you've read/seen/experienced will be more acccessible. Right now, there are lots of breakthroughs in psychotherapy about reprogramming how we emotionally experience past trauma. Remember, trauma is in the experience of the subject.
Saw a program last PM about putting a geodesic dome over Houston, TX. Naturally, the Germans have developed the microthin, lightweight polymer to enable it. There is already one in England....called "Eden" or something like that.
The Quantum computer is going to be huge leap forward in Science. Am not sure what this means for the rest of us. Way beyond the slide rule, I imagine.
Weather control is a possibility, as long as the energy absorbed @ the equator get dissipated. But, if major cities are domed, who cares?
More energy harvested from the atmosphere and the ocean.
How about that?
If you have other stuff, and something to back it up, that would be great!