A report by a British think tank has made several predictions about how we will live in the year 2020.

One prediction is by that time, a new 'digital divide' will have opened, between those who use the internet and computers by choice, and those who 'drop out' in a movement to break away from technology.

A second divide will exist between people in developed nations and populations in Asia, South America and southern Africa, who are unable to connect to the internet.

The report, by the Oxford-based Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC), theorises that by 2020, voting will take place online and using mobile phones, leading to increased turnout, but also to more referendums.

According to the report's authors, a 'technophobe' movement will by 2020 have grown into a 'substantial alternative community' led by people seeking a better quality of life away from computers.

The report was commissioned by internet hosting company Rackspace.