Features of 1957 'House of the Future'

Disney has joined Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, software maker LifeWare and homebuilder Taylor Morrison to create a home in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., to show off technologies of the future.

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Disney Revives 'House of the Future'

Millions of Disneyland visitors will soon get to retrace the thoughts of others who lined up a half-century ago to see a home packed with mind-blowing gadgets expected in the future.

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Disney Revives 'House of the Future'

Millions of Disneyland visitors lined up a half-century ago to catch a glimpse of the future: a home teeming with mind-blowing gadgets such as handsfree phones, wall-sized televisions, plastic chairs, and electric razors and toothbrushes.

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New NYC Taxis to Have TV and Tracking

New York's next generation of cabs is coming — complete with TV. The new features — designed to help riders pass the time, pay the fare and even find their lost umbrellas — are expected to start hitting the streets within two weeks.

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Cars going "Retro"

Hello friends, neighbors, and fellow Newsviners. I have a quesion that I would like to pose for all of you motorheads out there. Maybe you can explain something for me.

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Compared with the agile, intelligent robots envisioned in science fiction, today's real-life robots may seem relatively unimpressive.

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All new locations will be built in the "20/20" style, but the Miami-based chain's new cutting-edge decor comes with a steep price tag: between $300,000 and $600,000 per location.

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Amazing designs from watches, spokeless wheels bike, holographic computer, cars, and surprising ideas.

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With a grin and a theatrical flourish, the chief designer of Tesla Motors unveiled Thursday what the fledgling automaker hopes will be the family friendly, mid-sized sedan of the future.

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Carbon Motors Corp.'s new high-tech cop car prototype might not be quite up to superhero specs, but some police say it could be a welcome addition to their arsenal.

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Every year automakers build concept cars: radically designed automobiles meant mostly to look cool at car shows. Most of them are ridiculous and impractical, and make you wonder why they even bothered.

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Excerpt: Canadian Inventor Le Trung has created his perfect mate. Aiko is a female robot with a stunning 32, 23, 33 figure, shiny hair and delicate features.

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Quantum computers could become a reality very soon, opening up some fantastic possibilities - including teleportation, says Richard Gray

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Architect Vincent Callebaut's latest project balances public galleries, meeting rooms and gathering spaces over canals and abandoned railroad tracks in the 19th Parisian district.

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SenseCam is a wearable digital camera that is designed to take photographs passively, without user intervention, while it is being worn. Unlike a regular digital camera or a cameraphone, SenseCam does not have a viewfinder or a display that can be used to frame photos.

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Building a New Home Someday? Ten Futuristic Ideas You Might Consider

Welcome to the 21st century. Welcome to blackouts, brownouts, tainted ground water, security issues, high energy costs, wildfires, pandemics, crazy weather, and a shaky economic future. Not exactly life with the Jetsons.

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Fiction: Kel

Myriads of grey spots outline the figure on the screen. The features are indiscriminate, yet the voice, deep and the slightest bit shaken, blares through like the glow from a lighthouse piercing through the fog.

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Check out this Classic, Beautiful, Visionary, Far Out, Spacey, Sexy, Spiritual Music Video clip on Revver.com. This is a classic example of film and video elevated to an art form - as we can all hope it will be some day in the future.

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A cyber-city is in the making near Shah Alam, and it will offer amenties such as city-wide broadband, advanced security, "smart" parking lots, and "apps-on-tap" for businesses. It will also feature sci-fi-like technologies such as laser light shows and images on buildings

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Pretty darn cool.

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced that the "i" minicar has been awarded the "Good Design Grand Prize 2006" (the prize of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry) in the Good Design Award run by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization.

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In a teenager's bedroom of the future, the interactive wallpaper will combine images of friends, favorite bands and places to create something akin to an online MySpace page in the real world.

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We really do live in the future.

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The journal nature has a special issue on scientific computing and its future. This highlights the rise in the role of computing in the development of science and technology.

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