What Happened in 2018 ? Future ?

Binayak Adhikari
Predict
Published in
3 min readOct 15, 2018

2018 Tech breakthrough.

· India launches it’s first space mission to Moon.

Source : http://ibgnews.com/indias-space-mission-moon-chandrayaan-ii-2018-dr-jitendra-singh/

· NASA’s robotic lander InSight lands on Mars.

Source : https://www.space.com/40504-nasa-insight-mars-lander-whats-next.html

· A vaccine for type 1 Diabetes begins human trails.

Source : https://www.sciencealert.com/this-vaccine-could-prevent-many-cases-of-type-1-diabetes

· The world’s population exceeds 7,600,000,000 people.

Source : http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

· Bitcoin price hits $60,000 per coin.

Source : https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-price-will-hit-60000-this-year-fund-manager/

· Scientists drill into earth’s mantle to explore its composition.

Source : https://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/07/asia/japan-drill-mantle/index.html

· World sales of electric vehicles already reaches 5,200,000.

Source : https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/electric-vehicles-will-grow-from-3-million-to-125-million-by-2030-iea.html

· New Zealand shuts down it’s last large coal-fired power generators.

Source : https://www.sciencealert.com/new-zealand-will-shut-down-its-last-large-coal-fired-power-stations-in-2018

· Several Complex surgeries are now performed by robots.

Source : https://ugetuget.com/inilah-versius-robot-bedah-11002/

· Japan lands an unmanned probe on the moon.

Source : https://www.sciencealert.com/japan-will-land-an-unmanned-probe-on-the-moon-in-2018

· There is now one Wi-Fi hotspot for every 20 people.

Source : https://www.tnooz.com/article/global-wifi-growth-track-one-hotspot-every-eight-people/

· Male birth control pills and creams become commercially available.

Source : https://klewtv.com/features/sinclair-cares/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-male-birth-control-pill

· Europe and Japan launch an orbiter and lander to mercury.

Source : https://www.spaceleer.com/articles/38-europe-and-japan-launch-an-orbiter-and-lander-to-mercury-mission-bepicolumbo/

· Polio largely eradicated globally.

Source : http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/polio/en/

· Around 84% of the web is now coming from videos.

Source : https://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-consumers-cisco-systems/videos-may-make-up-84-percent-of-internet-traffic-by-2018-cisco-idUSKBN0EL15E20140610

· China lands it’s Chang’e-4 lander on the dark side of the moon.

Source : https://www.businessinsider.com/china-moon-robot-launch-date-change-4-2018-8

· NASA’s mission OSIRIS-Rex begins surveying an asteroid called Bennu.

Source : https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasas-osiris-rex-begins-asteroid-operations-campaign

· Scientists begins testing anti-aging techniques on humans.

Source : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/anti-ageing-extend-lifespan-breakthrough-reprogramming-body-cells-a7477561.html

· Singapore stops adding cars to the roads.

Source : https://www.businessinsider.com/singapore-ban-cars-february-2018-2017-10

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