Samples from a mammoth frozen in permafrost will be taken by 2023. By 2023, gorillas may become extinct due to contamination and disease, and tigers will disappear by 2015. Most vehicles will be electric or hybrid plug-in models by 2030, and solar flares may impact Earth's magnetosphere by 2013. Newspapers will become obsolete by 2017, and a new wireless standard will emerge for 2020 communications technology.