2013 timeline contents

Solar flares are disrupting Earth's magnetosphere | China overtakes the USA in
scientific research |The Gaia mission is launched | 3D technologies are
widespread | Highly flexible touch sensors are appearing in a range of
gadgets | Launch of the PS4 and Xbox 720 | Full-body scanners are mandatory in US
airports | Direct high-speed rail from London to Frankfurt and Amsterdam | The
expansion of the Port of Rotterdam is completed, tripling its capacity | 14nm chips
enter mass production | The first test launch of the Falcon Heavy|
2014 timeline contents
The IPCC releases its Fifth Assessment Report | The Internet has a greater reach than
television |The new World Trade Center is completed | The Shanghai Tower is
completed | Brazil hosts the FIFA World Cup | The Large Hadron Collider reaches its
maximum operating power | The first solar aircraft to circumnavigate the
globe | Completion of the Panama Canal expansion project | Personalised DNA
sequencing for under $100 | Better protection against tooth decay | The first products
to use memristor technology are becoming available | Terabyte SD cards are
available | Robotic pack mules are entering military service | Completion of the
International Space Station | The first test flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft | The
MAVEN probe arrives at Mars | India's first Mars mission | The Rosetta probe deploys
its lander on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko | Most telephone calls are made via
the Internet now |Increased automation in retail environments|
2015 timeline contents
The deadline for the Millennium Development Goals | Expo 2015 is held in Milan,
Italy | The world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste city | The world's
first lunar tourist | A new generation of hi-tech supercarriers | The United States and
South Korea dissolve the Combined Forces Command | The first large-scale solar
updraft towers are operational | Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning
monarch in British history | Gay marriage is legal in the United Kingdom | Battery
technology gets a boost| 3D printing is a mainstream consumer product | OLED
displays are in widespread use | LED lamps are dominating the commercial and
domestic lighting markets | 10 nanometre chips enter mass production |Scientists
resurrect the woolly mammoth | Lifesaver bottles are in widespread use | The Carteret
Islands are abandoned | The New Horizons probe arrives at Pluto | The Dawn probe
arrives at Ceres | Voyager I enters the heliopause|


2016 timeline contents
China passes the US in PPP | Euro 2016 is held in France | Rio de Janeiro hosts the
Olympic Games |Apple Inc. achieves a market capitalisation of one trillion dollars | US
vehicles are becoming more fuel-efficient | India's first manned space flight | India
launches its second unmanned lunar probe | The first hotel in space | The Juno probe
arrives at Jupiter | Agricultural robots are appearing on farms | Laser guns are in naval
use | Holographic versatile disc (HVD) supersedes Blu-ray | New drug delivery
methods for brain-related conditions | A pill to prevent sunburn | Completion of the
i5K project | The Strait of Messina Bridge is completed | China completes the largest
environmental cleanup in its history | The East Side Access subway extension opens in
New York | United States Presidential Election | The Gotthard Base Tunnel is
completed|
2017 timeline contents
The European Union has been expanded | Worsening crisis in Yemen | China
establishes the largest megacity in the world | The world's first kilometre-high
skyscraper | The world's first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) platform begins
operations | The Nabucco gas pipeline is completed | India completes construction of
the Dibang Dam | The M1A3 Abrams tank enters the battlefield | The remaining JFK
files are released | Total solar eclipse in the US | China launches an unmanned sample
return mission to the Moon | The first test flight of NASA's Space Launch
System | Sales of electric and hybrid trucks reach 100,000 annually | Electronic paper is
seeing widespread use | Traditional newspapers are becoming obsolete | Tooth
regeneration is transforming dental care | Cosmetic surgery has doubled its market
size| Portable medical lasers that seal wounds | Teleportation of simple molecules|
2018 timeline contents
A missile defence shield is deployed in Europe | The African Central Bank is
established | Oil drilling gets underway in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | Russia
hosts the FIFA World Cup | The James Webb telescope is launched | A drug to prevent
obesity | Crossrail opens in London | The City Circle Line opens in Copenhagen | The
Transbay Transit Center is completed in San Francisco | Many complex surgeries are
performed by robots | Robot insect spies are in military use | Ubiquitous internet
nodes connect appliances, vehicles, etc. | Consumer devices with 100 Gbit/s transfer
speeds | Scientists drill into Earth's mantle | The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is
completed in Canada | The market for biofuels is experiencing a period of rapid
growth | The last of Nigeria's rainforests have been felled|


2019 timeline contents
China's first high-tech stealth fighter enters service | The ITER experimental fusion
reactor is switched on | The International Linear Collider is completed | The ExoMars
rover touches down on Mars |Acute spinal injuries are fully treatable | Computers
break the exaflop barrier | Bionic eyes with high resolution are commercially
available | Connected vehicle technology is being deployed in a number of
countries | Automated freight transport | Lunar-resonant streetlights are appearing in
many cities | US copyright begins to expire, starting with all works from 1923 | Jordan
opens its first nuclear power plant |The Aral Sea disappears from the map | Oil
demand is outpacing supply by a significant margin|