Found: Pirate Treasure of the Future

Found Found Contest: Imagine the Future of Wanted Posters More Artifacts From the Future Behold a treasure map from 2029. What secrets could the long-lost data cache hold? How is that iPad still powering up when it’s been buried for years? Tablets of the future must have terrific battery life… What do you think our […]
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FoundFound Contest: Imagine the Future of Wanted PostersMore Artifacts From the FutureBehold a treasure map from 2029. What secrets could the long-lost data cache hold? How is that iPad still powering up when it's been buried for years? Tablets of the future must have terrific battery life...

What do you think our world will look like in 10, 20, or 100 years? We need your help creating a new artifact from the future for every issue of Wired magazine. Each month, we'll propose a scenario and ask for your prognostications. Check out the latest challenge, then sketch out your vision and upload your ideas. See other submissions and vote for your favorites.

This month's kudos go to Chris Neumann, TripleJ, jgombarcik, John Tidball, cybersox13, Lady Sky Pirate vs killer Airborn Kitty, Anonymous, and Jen_Banana. Concept was fleshed out by Aaron Rowe.
Photo: Daniel Salo. Map Illustration: Jan Kallwejt.