There is an old science around with a new twist, Predictive Analysis!
Predictive Analysis is nothing more than using trends to predict future results or actions.
By using a very finely tuned algorithm running on a very powerful computer capable of taking in ANY data and sorting that data into trends, one can predict future results with amazing accuracy!
Take a simple matter like tire wear on your vehicle. If you input accurate data about how you use tires, how often, how long, road and weather conditions, air pressure trends in the tires, tread type, composition of the tire materials (it’s trend data), tire speed over time, etc.
You could very likely predict to the exact day a particular tire will fail!!
Sound crazy, not hardly, companies and the government are already using this to predict component failures, especially in the oil and gas industry and the military!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_analytics