Don't know about projects, but here are some future technologies that cannot arrive too soon:
1) Technologies to transform the way we live and work:
* Automatic (Driverless) cars & other autonomous ground vehicles will transform "last mile" logistics, create a million new business opportunities, reduce the monetary and environmental cost of transport.
* Super-Fast internet to enable always-on multi-endpoint video conferencing - so telecommuting becomes easier, and we need to move around less.
* Modern prefab apartment blocks with sufficient space in the home for children to study, combined with planning and land-purchase policies that facilitate their construction near to city centres.
2) Technologies to help ensure food security and peace:
* Hydroponics and Aquaculture to transform our deserts into productive farmland to feed a growing global population.
* Artificial meat, so we do not need to kill to eat the food we want.
* Cheap Nuclear Power for desalination for aquaculture and agriculture.
3) Technologies to help us understand our own limitations and make better decisions.
* Apply our growing understanding of the physiology of behavior and learning to education, decision making and politics.