Write in about 1000 words a fiction piece based on your speculation on the science and technology of the twenty-second century.
Once upon a time when we used animals to cover large distances and it used to take a large amount of time to move from one place to another. But soon with the development of motorized vehicles, we were able to move faster. Now we have airplanes and can cover very large distances in very less amount of time. Development never stops. Today we are using supersonic planes for defense purposes only but with the advancement of technology appropriately high-speed planes will also be available for public usage. Breakthrough discovery or invention is about to happen in the field of electricity production and by the twenty-second-century cost of electricity will go down drastically. People will stop using petrol or diesel to drive vehicles. Because at that time all vehicles including airplanes and ships will be electrically driven. By the twenty-second century, we would be able to make super-efficient rechargeable batteries to store large amounts of electricity to be used for vehicles. Charging time for these batteries will be very small. People would be able to charge their vehicles at home and at the same time charging points will also be available for the public like we have petrol pumps at present. We already know that displacement current is a kind of wireless electricity that flows between the plates of the capacitor during charging in spite of the fact that both the plates of the capacitor are kept apart. So we can today visualize electricity flowing without the metallic wires from one place to another. Wireless forms of electricity will save a lot of energy that is lost during transmission from the power station to the point of use. It will also enable us to set up charging points in the air so that air vehicles may also be charged on the way. By the twenty-second century, we shall be able to develop super-efficient materials to absorb solar energy. Transportation vehicles will be made in such a way that it will be able to tap solar energy also to charge its battery. These super-efficient solar panels will be able to fulfill most of the electricity requirements of vehicles. An alternate way of charging will help during the rainy season. Today we have bullet trains based on magnetic levitation and by the twenty-second century, we shall get rid of the existing railway network to replace it with advanced bullet trains. These trains will be moving at a very high speed and at the same time, it will be safe for humans. So we can understand that the travel time is going to be reduced very drastically. Today we are witnessing that machines are slowly entering in our lives to ease our lives. Washing machine, dishwasher, vacuum cleaner are some of the examples. By the twenty-second century, people will be able to develop much more advanced and sophisticated machines to take care of humans. For example, a wireless vacuum cleaner will be able to clean your house without human intervention. We know that today people are developing driverless cars and by the twenty-second century it will be highly advanced and nowhere humans will be driving the cars. Complete traffic will consist of driverless vehicles and with the advancement of technology, accidents will be a thing of past attributed to human drivers. Vehicles will be able to understand your command just like a human driver. What I am talking about is called machine learning. Artificial intelligence is one of the most important parts of machine learning. So ultimately it is the appropriately intelligent computers in various forms that will control the machines. By the twenty-second century, we shall be able to control intelligent household equipment even if we are somewhere else. We are heading towards a completely mechanized life where all our works will be handled by computerized machines. In production factories all works will be done by machines and humans will be just monitoring and taking key decisions. There was a time when we were forced to go to the market to buy something needed. But internet-based e-commerce is totally changing the way we used to shop. Today we can get almost everything we need to be delivered at our doorstep. Today we may not be satisfied with the delivery time for the product we order. Experiments have already started to use drones for delivery. By the twenty-second century, such systems will be fully developed and functional. Just think about one fact that everything around us is made up of three elementary particles only which are known as electrons, proton and neutron. Anything we can visualize is only a special arrangement of these particles. In future computer software will develop digital copy of many of the products available in the market. When you select a certain product then attached hardware will be able to make that product then attached hardware will be able to make that product on the spot using particles from the atmosphere. Discovery of electromagnetic waves was a major breakthrough in the history of science like wireless communication, mobile telephony, teleportation. The result of this discovery is the wireless communication we are using today. Mobile telephony has completely revolutionized the way we communicate with each other. By the twenty-second century, we might be able to develop a machine that will help to transfer the holographic projection of a person to a remote location. The holographic projection will be perfectly synchronized with the brain of the person. Hence we can attend the meetings and interact with the people around the globe without physically going there. Note that these holographic projections will be just optical image which can talk and walk like a real person but would not be able to interact physically with the people but would not be able to interact physically with the people otherwise it will create law and order problems in the society. Now we can understand that our material life will become far easier and faster than it is today. But there may be some downsides of these technological developments. Owing to lack of physical activities many humans might turn lazy and it will affect their health in an undesirable way. Equipment of war will be highly developed. Even today we have already developed some air vehicles which do not require any human pilot. These airplanes can carry large ammunition to destroy the target. By the twenty-second century we shall develop war equipment that will be controlled remotely. War will be just like a computer game but never forget that killings would be real.
