Having been told a thread on one of Europe's last half-dozen human vertebrates - now apparently on the path of exile to the Land of the Free - would descend immediately into a partisan food-fight, the idea seemed impossible to resist.
The lively comments thread from this post at Harry's Place might be a good place to start ...
BT's Interactive Technology Timeline by Ian Neild & Ian Pearson.
A Timeline for Technology: To the Year 2030 and Beyond
By Ian Pearson and Ian Neild - PDF from The Futurist.