Community
participant predictions
June 2013
Local ice-cream trucks are joined by a fruit-truck. The fruit-truck
has a sound system, too. On Saturday nights, it parks in open lots
or empty parking areas andprovides music for free neighborhood dance
parties.
(source: Alana Kumbier. To see all of her predictions, click
here.)
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No dates
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All exercise equipment in gyms render health clubs energy-neutral.
(source: Adam Olenn. To see all of his predictions, click here.)
(image source: ExploreSeville.com)
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Windmills on
Somerville's hills and buildings.
(source: Columbine Phoenix. To see all of Columbine's predictions,
click here.)
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Fed up with
unreliable buses, and delays on the Green Line extension, Somerville
unveils its own public transit system. Hybrid vans now circle the
city; they cost $1, can be tracked with GPS devices, and come every
5 minutes.
(source: Maureen Barillaro. To see all of her predictions, click
here.)
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Other predictions
June 2013
The NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
(source: Wikipedia, quoting NASA)
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No dates
given
A new Orange Line stop opens up at Assembly Square.
(source: Assemblysquare.com)
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ESA ExoMars
rover mission to Mars.
(source: Wikipedia)
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NASA's
Venus In-Situ Explorer mission to Venus.
(source: Wikipedia, quoting NASA)
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Solar power
is cost-competitive with fossil fuels
(source: Tierney, "The future is now? Pretty soon at least,"
New York Times)
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