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10 hi-tech inventions we'll be using in 2030. People have been trying to predict the future since Nostradamus was a lad.

10 hi-tech inventions we'll be using in 2030

We’ve been promised flying cars, teleporters and jet packs for years but none of them – as yet – have made it to the high street. However, futurologist Ian Pearson has a list of 10 hi-tech innovations that he claims will be surefire hits by 2030. A smart yoghurt, anyone? 1. Dream linking Using pillows with conducting fibres in the fabric, it will be possible to see monitor electrical activity from the brain. This will not only show when someone is dreaming, but recent developments indicate that we’ll also be able to tell what they are dreaming about.

It is also possible (with prior agreement presumably, and when both people are in a dream state at the same time) for two people to share dreams. One could try to steer a friend’s dream in the same direction, so that they could effectively share a dream, and may even be able to interact in it. 2. 3. These nifty gadgets will sit in your eyes like normal contact lenses. 4. 3. 7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing. Email Below I have compiled a list of 7 clever Google tricks that I believe everyone should be aware of.

7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing

Together I think they represent the apex of the grand possibilities associated with Google search manipulation tricks and hacks. Build Your Own Portable Wind Turbine To Power Gadgets When Camping - StumbleUpon. Foundation: Safeguarding Humanity. AR goggles make crime scene investigation a desk job - tech - 31 January 2012. The Immersive Cocoon May Be The Ultimate Home Office.

NAU/Screen capture Alex of Shedworking thinks this might be the the future of shedworking; It certainly could be the future of the home office. No worries of noise or distraction here; one climbs inside and has a digital experience that is intuitive and holistic, where your interface is not reduced to a mouseclick and two-dimensional analog of a writing desk. A surround display dome complemented by the sophisticated motion-sensing software that inspired the technology depicted in the film "Minority Report. " With natural intuitive movements, your entire body becomes the interface. NAU/Promo image. Top 10 futuristic concept laptop designs. The technology world is always exciting and unpredictable.

Top 10 futuristic concept laptop designs

It changes all the time. You never know what technology will be there in the next 5, 2, or even the next year. 30 years ago, nobody thought that everyone would need a personal computer. 20 years ago, our parents would never dream of a small, portable PC that we call laptop nowadays. Over time, thousands of models of laptops of all sizes have been introduced, but nobody knows what else is to come. Mental_floss Blog & Gifts for the Geek Home - StumbleUpon. A home should be an expression of who you are. Sure, when you're young and broke, your room or apartment might be an expression of who your parents or the people who donate to Goodwill are, but gradually you collect items that express your personality, whether you receive them as gifts or purchase them yourself.

If you are a technologically oriented geek, there are plenty of manufacturers and vendors catering to your tastes in home decor. Interactive LED Dining Table. Programmable Tattoo System - StumbleUpon. Posted on January 12, 2012 by saya.

Programmable Tattoo System - StumbleUpon

George Orwell Was Right: Spy Cameras See Britons Every Move. Nick Allen Bloomberg Friday, December 22, 2006 It's Saturday night in Middlesbrough, England, and drunken university students are celebrating the start of the school year, known as Freshers' Week.

George Orwell Was Right: Spy Cameras See Britons Every Move

One picks up a traffic cone and runs down the street. Suddenly, a disembodied voice booms out from above: ``You in the black jacket! Yes, you! ``People are shocked when they hear the cameras talk, but when they see everyone else looking at them, they feel a twinge of conscience and comply,'' said Mike Clark, a spokesman for Middlesbrough Council who recounted the incident. Almost 70 years after George Orwell created the all-seeing dictator Big Brother in the novel ``1984,'' Britons are being watched as never before. Fascinating Underground Homes.

I spy with my little bionic eye&8230; Well, it’s finally happened. I’ve spent my entire life waiting for a contact lens that will act as a HUD (Head-Up Display) for displaying the things I find interesting and pertinent, like email notifications and social media pings. Students at Washington University working with the IEEE released a paper showing that they could create a contact lens containing an LED and a wireless antenna that was powered through an RF-charged storage capacitor. What does that mean? It’s a contact lens that can catch wireless signals to project an image into your field of vision. Imaginación - Juega con las hermosas líneas onduladas. A beautiful but creepy vision of the &smart glass& future - StumbleUpon. Two things: First, considering the touchscreen maps at my local shopping centres ae almost always down or only half work, and smeared with public finger goop, the maintenance factor would be huge in this kind of world.

A beautiful but creepy vision of the &smart glass& future - StumbleUpon

They'd always need constant repairs, cleaning, and upgrading. And the other thing is, though the touchscreen concept works okay at a small handheld level, if every single button you push has no tactile response, that satisfaction of a physical reaction to pressing a button, it can get quite exhausting for the fingers.