Congratulations! It’s 2015, and you’re still alive. Ebola didn’t kill you, you didn’t get poisoned by Sochi’s water and North Korea never nuked America for letting Seth Rogen and James Franco kill Kim Jong-Un in a movie. A successful year if there ever was one. Pat yourself on the back. You did a great job.
As a reward for having such a splendid 2014, the Voice section is here to provide secret access to some of the most fabulous things to look forward to this upcoming year.
The new year is already looking to be a great year for movies. Of course, there is the always-reliable menagerie of Marvel movies to be released (“Ant-Man,” “The Fantastic Four,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron”) and the line-up of sequels and franchise reboots (“Terminator,” “Jurassic World,” “Star Wars”).
For all you folks wondering how you could ever afford to see all these splendid new movies in theaters, good news: the U.S. economy will continue to grow in 2015. The Kiplinger Personal Finance Review expects the economy to grow three percent or better and for unemployment to potentially reach as low as 5.3 percent by the end of 2015.
This boost in the economy, of course, means that you might end up with a bit of extra spending money, which could be used to buy any sort of new technological wonder that will hit the market in 2015. Point and case, Toyota’s first ever fuel-cell car with an estimated charge lasting 310 miles. The car could even be used to power a house for up to a week if the apocalypse does end up happening this year.
Australian scientists plan on launching printable solar panels sometime this year, which will give us the ability to print solar panels on just about any plastic surface (another great tool for any post-apocalyptic situation).
Samsung plans on incorporating bendable touchscreens in some of its new devices, although the new screens will not be quite as practical in a Mad Max-esque world, the new screens could be used to make a tablet that can be folded up and slipped into your pants pocket.
Most importantly, make sure to be in California on Oct. 21 so you can watch Marty McFly zip back to the future in his DeLorean from his home in 1985.
