Will 2017 be the year of 'sofa volunteering', vegetarianism gets bloodthirsty and the end of the world wide web?

2017: The year of ‘sofa volunteering’, vegetarianism gets bloodthirsty and the end of the World Wide Web? 2016 may go down in history as a year no-one could have predicted - but the innovation foundation Nesta publishes its agenda-setting annual predictions – the 10 giant trends, social movements and tech breakthroughs that will change our lives in 2017. Some of the charity’s previous predictions, including smellovision, are still on the drawing board but on the 5th Anniversary of the first prediction list, Director of the Innovation Lab at Nesta, Helen Goulden, explores this year’s list and which former predictions are now a part of everyday life for millions…