1. Stockbrokers, car salesmen, mail carriers, insurance and real estate agentsThe Internet will do away with millions of middlemen, with only a tiny fraction serving the ignorant.
2. Distance learning for teachers is catching on, and with online classes and electronic grading, today's teacher's office could become tomorrow's virtual information desk. While a complete transformation is unlikely, it may be cheaper to outsource the education system.
3. When printers and other reports and magazines become digitized publications, no one will buy books or magazines anymore. Xerox and other forward-thinking companies will race to produce materials as flexible as ordinary paper and as versatile as computer screens. The end result: news junkies will be happy and trees will no longer suffer.
4, stenographers will be able to recognize the voice of advanced software will replace court clerks and a large number of secretaries and assistant managers.
5. The top-down decision-making process for chief executives will be too cumbersome. A global panel of quick-thinking experts will lead the company into the network age and the future.
6. Orthodontists don't need to use metal braces because of 3-D simulation programs that can quickly put your teeth back in place with disposable "aligners". This technique is already in clinical use.
7. Tiny microchips implanted in jailers will restrict and monitor criminal activity.
8. Truckers will have "laser-guided" lanes between states, allowing computer-driven vehicles to travel at high speeds with full loads. Alternative routes can be taken to avoid suburban traffic jams, prompted by traffic jam sensors installed in your car. And while you can kiss goodbye to the policewomen who deal with traffic violations, the tickets will still appear on your virtual marker.
9. HousekeepingIf today's refrigerator can decide to buy some more milk, a self-controlling vacuum unit doesn't sound so far-fetched. Perhaps self-cleaning of the living room will be done using a centralized vacuum system or a miniature vacuuming robot.
10. Fatherhood is not a profession, but thanks to in vitro fertilization and cloning, its functions will disappear, and "dads" may become a dinosaur-like species of extinction. With the artificial uterus possibly becoming a reality, so is the mom.