The year is 2100, and humans live in underground cities and rely on AI mentors to make decisions. While the scenario sounds like a plot of a science-fiction film, it could be our reality, experts told DailyMail.com. Ed Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of PushFar, said, 'In 2100, our lives are not just entwined with technology; they are guided, shaped, and mentored by it Below are five things that will happen by this century's mid-point - good and evil. 'Digital humans' will live among us Humanoid robots and'digital friends' will live alongside people, with robots taking on tasks including surgery and simply keeping people company. Rob Sims, co-founder and CEO of Sum Vivas, said: 'Technology will have developed to fully support digital humans without the need for instruction, educators or supporters, and companions (digital friends) will be part of everyday life.

The latest demonstrator from startup hyperTunnel was built at the firm's R&D facility in the North Hampshire Downs. The approach is claimed to be friendlier to the environment and will use sustainable materials such as low-carbon concrete. It could also drastically improve safety in the tunnelling sector because no humans need to enter the structure during construction. A fleet of'hyperBot' robots enters the ground via an arch of high-density plastic pipes and, once inside, can 3D print the tunnel shell by deploying construction material directly into the ground. The 6m-long, 2m-high and 2m-wide Peak XV'pedestrian-scale' tunnel has been delivered as part of a project for Network Rail.

For decades, engineers seeking to build tunnels underground have relied on huge tube-like machines armed with a frightening array of cutting wheels at one end--blades that eat dirt for breakfast. These behemoths, called tunnel-boring machines, or TBMs, are expensive and often custom-built for each project, as were the TBMs used to excavate a path for London's recently opened Elizabeth Line railway. The machines deployed on that project weighed over 1,000 tons each and cut tunnels over 7 meters in diameter beneath the UK capital. But British startup hyperTunnel has other ideas. The firm proposes a future in which much smaller, roughly 3-meter-long robots shaped like half-cylinders zoom about underground via predrilled pipes.