Intelligent Tap

How long do your hands stay clean after you wash them? Not very much, because you always: touch the tap with your dirty hands, wash your hands, and again touch the dirty tap with your clean hands. So, your hands are not actually clean even after you wash them. Is there a better way? Yes, there is, and it is called “The Water Symphony”!







So how do you wash your hands without touching the tap? This is a futuristic tap with OLED display, sensors, and microphone. Next part is very cool, you come to the sink and pronounce a needed temperature value. You bring your hands to the tap and water (with temperature you requested) starts to flow. You can adjust water pressure by moving your finger from one to another sensor.

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Venus Project

Imagine a city totally redesigned using the minimum expenditure of energy possible and using the cleanest technology available. This city will be working in harmony with nature to achieve the highest standard of living for the whole community.

White dome shaped houses, sea cities, eco-focused space stations – is this the face of the future? Yes according to Jacque Fresco, founder of The Venus Project. A plan and vision for a global change in the way we all live, The Venus Project sets out to address some of the earth’s greatest challenges faced today and in the future. Social problems like unemployment, violence, poverty and over population as well as environmental problems like global warming and the finite level of the earth’s resources are all within the broad spectrum of issues to be resolved in this blue-print for a new world civilization.




Turning from a money-based economy into a resource-based economy as the Venus Project proposes may ultimately be the only choice we have if the world continues as it is. Venus Project proposes a completely different system which is updated on accumulated knowledge and technologies. Scientists were never tired to wonder what kind a company that would eliminate boring and monotonous jobs, which would eliminate accidents in transportation, which would allow people to have a high standard of living, which would eliminate harmful substances added to our foods, to provide other energy sources, clean and efficient, etc..

Major difference between a resource based economy and a monetary system is that a resource based economy is really concerned about people and their welfare, while the monetary system has become so distorted that people issues are secondary, if that even taken into account.









Products are put on the market depending on how much money can get. If there is a problem in society and can not earn any money in solving the problem will be solved. Resource-based economy is not anything close to what has been tried before.


With all the technology today we can create abundant. Could be used to improve the lifestyle of all. There are abundant in the world if we use technology wisely and if we preserve the environment.

How free is that? The project will make use of a resourced based economy in which all use of money, credit, barter and debt is eliminated. All resources become the common heritage of the community and not just a select few. In an economy based on resources rather financial wealth, we can utilize existing resources and easily produce all of the necessities of life gaining high standard of living. By removing the stress due to accumulating enough money to take care of the family or providing nutrition to communities in poverty, society as a whole will be able to evolve. Food, clothing, safety and quality of life are all basic requirements of life and there is no need to pay for them. I believe that this could be a wonderful experience for all of mankind, but the question of feasibility arises. It would be impossible to find funding for a project of this scale, the only way a project of this magnitude could work would be in a “resource-based world economy” and “the world’s resources are held as a common heritage of all of the earth’s peoples.”

Fresco believes he has the ideas and plans that can ultimately eliminate poverty, politics, and war through the depletion of the monetary system, and by focusing more on our technology, and technological advances.

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Intelligent Fog

Consider all-pervasive intelligent fog, everywhere and everything. This fog will have amazing potential for transforming our environments, and our lives. Latent in every inch of space this fog will have incredible computing power. Instead of building the object you want atom by atom , the tiny robots from this fog would link their arms together to form a solid mass in the shape of the object you wanted? Then, when you got tired of driving that same car, the robots could simply shift around a little and you’d have an elegant BMW.

The Utility Fog, or UFog, invented by Dr. Hall, is like a dreamland material which consists of smart, tiny and identical nano-robots, named foglets. Each foglet is mostly made of arms and a nanocomputer and would be 6 to 10 millionths of a meter in size. The individual foglets would take up only 2 to 3% of the space in the volume they fill, leaving the rest of the space for air and light. Hence, a room filled with UFog would be transparent up close, somewhat cloudy at a distance. You could fill a house with them and they would be unobtrusive.









With all the computing power contained in these trillions of foglets they could be programmed with a wide spectrum of behaviors that mimic materials of different mass, motion, appearance, and function.

They could:

* Change a certain volume from one substance to another, for example, change running water to solid wood
* Make objects appear and disappear, hence furnish your house
* Build entire cities, whether in Bogota or on the Moon
* Monitor your bodily functions, such as heart rate, etc. and take preventative action if necessary
* Have your DNA pre-programmed, thus provide you with total immunity from all bacterial and viral agents, such as colds and AIDS
* Perform surgery on the spot
* And much more!

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Mercury House

MercuryHouseOne is a habitable unit designed as a mobile lounge, integrating functional and aesthetical considerations.

It looks very impressive and, as authors say, ” its shape recalls the beauty and perfection of a water drop”.

While respecting ecological issues, it is designed to fit both in a natural and urban environment. The marble is backlit at night, enhancing the form and creating special attention for evening events.












The interior layout can be set up in a range of configurations to accommodate different uses and needs. The latest lighting, video, and sound technologies is used in the habitat in order to create a unique experience inside. The unit is powered by solar cells and is energetically autonomous.

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You will Drink The Air

Approximately 70% of Earth is covered by water, but there are many voices saying that, in future, drinking water will be worth the same as oil today, or even more. This is a huge problem and we need to appreciate every idea to resolve it.

The Water Building Resort is a very interesting solution. It is a building designed by Orlando De Uruttia.




This building will be able to convert the air into water and that’s why it’s beautifully designed in the shape of a falling drop of water. Building also uses renewable energy sources. Facade of the building (covered with photovoltaic glass) converts sun’s rays into solar power. Converting air into water is possible thanks to WaterMicron equipment.

Water Building Resort can also purify sea and rain water and it is designed for construction along warm and humid coasts. There are restaurants, gyms, hotel and conference rooms, exhibition halls on the upper floors and an underwater aquarium at the base of the Water Building Resort.

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Solar Roadways

Free energy is everywhere around us. There are many ways to generate and collect energy from various sources like sun, wind, water etc. but somehow people always tend to make things more difficult by not using these renewable sources of energy. In last few years there is a great amount of new ideas for generating energy. People suddenly realized that everyday stuff can be a source of energy, riding a bike, running or just walking, sun rays hitting our roofs etc. But, is there any other option, something so obvious that we practically can’t imagine that being used for collecting energy. We simply have to change our way of thinking if we want to change the world.

So how about solar roadways? Are they a roads of future? Why use roads just for driving and collecting tolls, why don’t we use them for collecting energy. Of course, nowadays roads can’t be used for collecting energy but Solar Roads could.





US Department of Transportation recently awarded $100,000 to Solar Roadways to build prototype of first ever Solar Road Panel. So how does these future world roads work?

“The Solar Road Panels will contain embedded LEDs which “paint” the road lines from beneath to provide safer nighttime driving, as well as to give up to the minute instructions (via the road) to drivers (i.e. “detour ahead”). The road will be able to sense wildlife on the road and can warn drivers to “slow down”. There will also be embedded heating elements in the surface to prevent snow and ice buildup, providing for safer winter driving. This feature packed system will become an intelligent highway that will double as a secure, intelligent, decentralized, self-healing power grid which will enable a gradual weaning from fossil fuels.




Replacing asphalt roads and parking lots with Solar Roadway panels will be a major step toward halting climate change. Fully electric vehicles will be able to recharge along the roadway and in parking lots, finally making electric cars practical for long trips.”

It is estimated that is will take roughly five billion 12′ by 12′ Solar Road Panels to cover the asphalt surfaces in the U.S. alone, That amount of Solar Road Panels can produce three times more power than U.S. ever used.

We just can’t wait to see more of these roads all over the world in the near future.

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Vertical Farming

The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes, a wide variety of herbs, and other produce has been in vogue for some time. What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology to accommodate another 3 billion people. An entirely new approach to indoor farming must be invented, employing cutting edge technologies. The Vertical Farm must be efficient (cheap to construct and safe to operate). Vertical farms, many stories high, will be situated in the heart of the world’s urban centers. If successfully implemented, they offer the promise of urban renewal, sustainable production of a safe and varied food supply (year-round crop production), and the eventual repair of ecosystems that have been sacrificed for horizontal farming.

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Weather Control

New satellites, high tech measuring equipment and improving supercomputers are helping scientists and researchers learn more about the weather patterns of the earth. By mid century you can expect more accurate weather predictions and eventually, controlling the weather itself.






Governments throughout the world are researching weather modification. Potential benefits of controlling the weather would be increasing crop yields, decreasing the severity of storms, accurate forecasts, eliminate drought, stop global warming, protection from harmful solar energy, clear skies for astronomers, air traffic, solar panels. There are also military uses, such as making sure the weather is clear for a mission or covering the enemy with snow, fog, hail or lightning strikes.

A far better use of weather modification would be if we could someday stop a hurricane like Katrina from ever reaching land. That would be a future to behold.

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Braingate2: Your Mind Just Went Wireless

Are you ready to control the world with your mind? The possibility just got a little stronger. A few weeks ago, Singularity Hub highlighted some of the many accomplishments of Braingate, the neural interface hardware and software that allows you to control a computer mouse with your brain. Those scientists have just started the next round of clinical trials: Braingate2. If you, or someone you know is interested in learning more about participating in the trials, you can do so here.

For the rest of us, Braingate2 means one thing: one step closer to controlling the world with our minds. Right now, the Braingate neural interface is a wired connection running out of a metal nub embedded in the skull. The Braingate2 team, however, is developing a wireless interface. Sensors attached to the neurons in your brain would be implanted as with the original Braingate technology. Now, however, power, and control would be supplied by a radio frequency signal (RF) into the brain. Information would flow out via infrared (IR) laser. This RF in, IR out approach takes advantage of the permeability of your skull to certain frequencies that don’t interfere with your brain’s functions. It’s already been tested on non-human primates with success.






But wait you say, receiving a radio signal in your skull and shooting a laser out of your brain is cool, but where’s the hard science? Well, while the Braingate team is mucking around in your motor cortex, trying to pass signals on to computers, robotic wheelchairs, and prosthetic limbs, they’ll also be studying neuron behavior. As part of their research, Braingate2 hopes to explore how different diseases, emotions, and awareness levels (i.e. if you’re asleep) affect the neuronal firing patterns. These guys are going into the brain to tinker with motor neurons, but they could learn a lot about the brain functions in general. I hope they pass that information on to the groups who are hoping to create computer simulations of the brain, like FACETS or Blue Brain.

In the end, I wish John Donoghue, Leigh Hochberg and the other researchers well with Braingate2. As we’ve said before, this technology not only has huge potential for those people who are literally trapped in their minds, it also promises a new mode of human-machine interaction for all of us someday. When we have braingates in our skulls allowing us to control computers, cars, and robots, the world will be a much cooler place. All it will take to get there is a little mind over matter.

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NASA Future Aircraft Design

NASA has revealed a sneak peek at how we may be traveling in the year 2025.

Last year, the US space agency awarded contracts to three teams - Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing - to study advanced concept designs for aircraft of the future.

Their brief was a difficult one: to create aircraft that delivered less noise, cleaner exhaust and lower fuel consumption than today's planes, while still being able to achieve speeds up to 85 per cent of the speed of sound; cover a range of approximately 11,000 kilometres; and carry between 50,000 and 100,000 pounds (22,600 and 43,200 kilograms) of payload, either passengers or cargo.
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"Each aircraft has to be able to do all of those things at the same time, which requires a complex dance of tradeoffs between all of the new advanced technologies that will be on these vehicles," NASA said on its website.






The companies' designs vary greatly. The Boeing aircraft looks similar to a military stealth bomber, while Lockheed Martin's design looks more like a modern-day airliner. Northrop Grumman's twin-fuselage design has similarities with Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo, the mothership for launching passenger spacecraft.

The only thing all three had in common was the disappearance of engines from the outer wings. Both Boeing and Lockheed Martin moved engines to the tail of the plane, while Northrop Grumman's engine sat between the two fuselage.

NASA said the companies would continue to work on the design this year.

“For the rest of this year, each team will be exploring, testing, simulating, keeping and discarding innovations and technologies to make their design a winner," NASA said.



The project is sponsored by NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project. It follows on from an earlier project that looked 10 years further in to the future, inviting aircraft designers to offer concepts for how we might be flying in 2035.

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‘Roll It’ Housing Solutions

Though the rich affluent still prefer to get their hands on luxury mansions, villas etc. yet there are numerous visionaries out there who wish to bring to the table new ideas for housing that are not only comfortable but also provide incredible ideas for space saving. Now, a group of students from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany have come up with a rather unusual but very practical solution to space saving living in the form of ‘Roll It’. This remarkable concept is essentially a cylinder shaped home that can change its entire appearance as per the requirement of the occupant. This one of a kind magnificent concept is the brainchild of Christian Zwick and Konstantin Jerabek who came up with this idea during their research on a ‘mobile and space-efficient construction’ project. Roll It essentially enables the occupants to change the entire aesthetics of the house as per the moment’s call. For instance, you can instantly transform the house into a workplace and then back to a bedroom or from a kitchen to a bathroom.









Roll It is comprised of an outer shell which that itself comes with four supporting rings and a torsion inner shell membrane. To ensure immediate and sustainable transformation, this unique housing concept has been given wooden slats that are fixed on the external membrane that enables the house to roll, stop and transform. As per the architecture of this remarkable home, the table and work space can be easily converted into a bedroom that comes with a mattress, which itself is held in its space with the help of Velcro. Furthermore, the transformed bedroom also provides ample room to store your blankets, pillows, linen and clothing. The front section of Roll It has been termed as ‘Wet’ zone that provides the occupants with a toilet, sink as well as a stove.

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The G-spot Mouse

Even though the existence of G-spot remains unproven, it is still a subject of great interest for men for reasons best known to everybody. So a conceptual mouse which is more of an illustration of female G-spot integrated with computer functions should come across as amusing and not gross. At the first sight the red color only made me think of a pepped up mouse until I observed closely only to come across a glorified section of female anatomy.

It isn’t just another creation with no substance; the designer Andy Kurovet has placed the “quick access button” and “scroll ball” at strategic places to go parallel with double naughty interpretations. It is a matter of ordinary prudence to realize how dangerous it could be to have one of these resting next to your keyboard. Firstly, you run the risk of being judged as extremely perverse and secondly, turning off women for actually buying something like this in the first place.







Well, I am wondering if this is sex toy disguised as a computer peripheral concept. Like the doom of all bizarre concepts, we don’t know how soon these would be hitting retail shelves. If at all they do, I am sure we have already helped you in making a sensible buying decision.

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Audi RS7

The Audi RS7 concept car is the work of Austrian designer Adriano Mudri, who is a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences – Graz. The RS7 is a sportscar design that combines several features from the VW/Audi Group models, from Audi elements, all the way to Lamborghini details.

The side view of this Audi supercar, as well as the rear section with a different colour, where the engine is located have been borrowed from the Audi R8. The front end of the vehicle and the descending line on the sides resemble the latest sport models from Seat.




The scissor doors designed for the RS7 are a trademark of Lamborghini supercars, while the headlamps and tail lights have been reduced to a minimal size, which underlines the possibility of using LED-technology for the lighting system, another typical feature for the Audi brand.

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BMW i8 Hybrid

BMW i8 is one of the latest concepts of the German car maker, that brings forth a 220 horsepower 3 cylinder engine and an electric drive system, borrowed from the BMW i3 and tweaked a bit. This vehicle reaches 100 km/h in under 5 seconds, impressive for the segment it belongs to.

This car will use 3 litres of fuel to run 100 kilometers and another important power source is the big Li-Ion battery. You can charge that from your house supply and give it 35 kilometers of autonomy on electric power alone. Inside, we discover a 2+2 interior, comfortable enough for a family of 4. The BMW i8 uses the LifeDrive architecture, giving it a more sporty twist.




Thus, we find the electric motor in the front axle module, while the combustion engine stays at the rear. These sections are connected through BMW’s trademark energy tunnel, that other car makers would call transmission tunnel. The i8 has a low center of gravity and distribution of 50/50, which is perfect for this hybrid-supercar concept.

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AXIO Power Smartphone

Curved phones are all the rage now, with models such as the Nexus S and Xperia Arc adopting the trendy curve nowadays. Well, let’s take the curvy shapes to the next level and check out the AXIO Power smartphone, a design creation of Christos Ragias.

The idea behind a curved phone is reduce the crowd in your pocket and adapt the handset to the natural shapes of the human body, even with the device in your pocket. Another advantage is the fact that a curved cellphone will stick to the user’s face better, since our heads aren’t squares after all. This model looks really nice and wide and I’d see HTC creating such a device.




As you can see this model comes with a pretty powerful camera, maybe an 8 megapixel unit with dual LED flash and a speaker in the area. The power button is also interestingly integrated in the middle top and it spells out “Power”. There’s something very “automotive” about this phone, but I can’t really put my finger on it…

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Opel RAK

At the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show, Opel will unveil its all-new battery-powered electric vehicle. The concept opens a new chapter in electric mobility and extends Opel's pioneering role in alternative propulsion systems. The key figures of the motorway-capable vehicle are 100 kilometers for one euro, one third of the weight of a modern small car, and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.

Inspired by the success of the Ampera, the revolutionary concept creates a new class of lightweight electric vehicle for zero-emission urban mobility.

Opel Lightweight Electric Vehicle: The One Euro Car

• Revolutionary concept for zero-emission urban mobility

• Electric driving aged 16 and upwards






Rüsselsheim/Frankfurt. Opel is staking a strong claim for the title of star-attraction at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show wîth an all-new battery-powered electric vehicle. The concept opens a new chapter in electric mobility and extends Opel's pioneering role in alternative propulsion systems. The key figures of the motorway-capable vehicle are 100 kilometers for one euro, one third of the weight of a modern small car, and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.

Inspired by the success of the Ampera, the revolutionary concept creates a new class of lightweight electric vehicle for zero-emission urban mobility.




The tandem two-seater has production potential and would also be affordable for younger customers. Sixteen year-olds could even begin driving in a version limited to a maximum speed of 45 km/h. Energy requirements ten times lower than those of a modern small car, and energy costs of only one euro per 100 km, benefit the environment as well the budget.

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