Between February 2009 and December 2010, we spoke to hundreds of people about the future. A few dozen of these people were nice enough to make predictions about the future.

Some of these predictions took the form of elaborate short stories, or intricate drawings or maps.

Click on their names to see what these participants submitted to the project. (Note: to see these predictions in context, click on "Timeline & findings", above.)

2032: A windmill tops each of Somerville's seven hills; each windmill is painted by different local artists. Civic buildings now fully powered by wind.

2064: Aliens from a planet not yet known to us land in Magoun Square. Although initially hostile, after coffee and pao de queijo (Brazilian cheese puffs) at Modelo bakery, they become devoted to Somervillians and pledge allegiance.

(source: Rachel Strutt)