The near future and our first prediction: Nano-bots. These actually already exist (2020) but their scope is incredible. Currently the size of red blood cells, if they follow the trends of size/power ratios, they will soon be able to go intercellular. The applications are exciting: In the blood they can be used to tackle pathogens and keep us healthy, but in cells they can tackle telomeres and keep us young- at a cost, of course!
Things are going to change in a big way and very quickly. Back to Gordon Moore (engineer, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation) and mentioned in the 1960 dynamic RAM and chips slide. He explains what can be observed in his industry. To echo: Moore’s Law is the observation made in 1965 that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the integrated circuit was invented. Moore predicted that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future.
Computational power has been steadily doubling and increasing exponentially, whilst sizes of chips are halving at a similar speed. This means every 30 years results in a 10,000,000,000% (billion) percent increase in power and comparable size reductions, regardless of the economy or wars. Indeed, wars seem to drive technology even faster.
https://interestingengineering.com/nanobots-will-flowing-body-2030
Nanotechnology is already powerful enough to make a difference to us on a physical level, but its size is holding it back from making its hugest breakthroughs…for now. When, and it is a case of when, it gets to the size it can osmotically pass into the nuclei of cells, or map neurological pathways, then things will begin to get really interesting!