The things that people are able to do depend on the materials they have to make things. Materials scientists make the future possible!
There is a reason that the "ages" of history (e.g., stone age, bronze age) are named after materials. It's because the high tech of the day was determined by the materials that people were using.
What technologies will we have in the future? Of course we don't know, but we do know that they will depend on the materials that materials scientists are able to develop.
Much of what is possible in the future will be determined by materials scientists.
