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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 given
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.)

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)