From the tale of Jack, the little boy that climbed up the bean plant all the way up to the sky, to the fantasy romances of Cordwainer Smith, people can always dreamed of reaching the stars. Bradley Edwards, the Director of Research for the Institute for Scientific Research, may have a new way of transporting people to space using the idea of a space elevator. The space elevator could allow people to quickly and inexpensively travel into space.

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• http://www.bradley-edwards.com
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnwZmWoymeI

Although it looks like a normal pen, the Pulse Smartpen actually possesses much more. It is a pen made by Livescribe, in Oakland, California, that is able to digitize words and drawings that any user puts on paper. It has the power to transform handwritten text into an interactive file, thus introducing a multimedia feature to any ordinary notebook. This tool has several devices such as a USB connector, an infrared camera, and an audio jack. This device will definitely change the way people practice mobile computing.

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• http://www.livescribe.com
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7OOevasSak

American architect, Louis Kahn, is probably known best for building The National Assembly Building in Bangladesh, which brought democracy to the country. Unfortunately, the building of the National Assembly of Bangladesh took Louis Kahn away from his family more than he would have liked. 35 years later, Louis Kahn’s son, Nathaniel Kahn, pays homage to the great architect in his documentary, “My Architect”. During this making of the film, he interviewed the people with whom his father worked on the construction of the National Assembly. In this way, Nathaniel was able to discover how great a man his father really was.

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• http://www.myarchitectfilm.com
• http://www.ted.com/talks/nathaniel_kahn_on_my_architect.html

A flat tire or loss in tire pressure can cause many problems, and can even put drivers in extremely dangerous situation. CODA Development, a company in the Czech Republic, has developed a self inflating tire that can inflate a tire while it is in use, allowing for safer driving. Not only does a self inflating tire could ensure safer driving, but it also has some other advantages such as energy efficiency. According to CODA Development’s estimation, 1.24 billion gallons of fuel per year could be saved by proper tire pressure in the United States alone.

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• http://www.selfinflatingtire.com/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IT&hl=it&v=hxmcG4xCjlE

At the “Design and The Elastic Mind” exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge’s Nanoscience Centre unveiled the Morph concept. Using nanotechnology, this cellular phone of the future could be flexible, transparent, and self-cleaning. Morph, unveiled at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, could become our guide to living a healthier and more efficient life through new, eco-friendly applications. While this phone is only a concept at the moment, the manufacturer believes that some of the imagined features could appear in devices by 2015.

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• http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia/research/demos/the-morph-concept
• http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia/research/demos/the-morph-concept/video
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs

Mercedes-Benz, known around the globe as one of the premier luxury automakers in the industry, is making driving more stylish and eco-friendly. Their new AMG electric platform, scheduled to come out in 2015, will offer battery-charged vehicles that have more than 500 horsepower. The cars lithium ion battery is charged with a plug attached to a wall socket, and can generate power from braking. It has never been more exciting to be environmentally responsible.

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• http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/
• http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/mercedes-reveals-electric-sls-amg/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_c-dlJjy2k

Imagine entering into an apartment where the furniture, from the lamp to the table, are suspended in midair, and the shelves do not need to be secured to the walls. Most people would simply believe this idea to be science-fiction, but it is actually possible. Thanks to the work of Angela Jansen and Ger Jansen, these pieces of furniture will enter into our homes faster than we can imagine. The Dutch company Crealev, short for “Creative Levitation Solutions”, has been working on implementing and perfecting levitation technology that allow furniture to float. This technology is not only innovative, it allows the designers to express their creativity without any limits.

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• http://www.crealev.com
• http://www.crealev.com/videos/

In the future, a night at the bar will be an interactive and visual experience with the British company Mindstorm’s iBar , the intelligent surface system. This bar-counter is able to detect all objects touching the surface and objects can be illuminated. The bar has integrated video-projectors, which can project any image onto the countertop. iBar’s tracking system can detect any object that is placed on the bar, and the lights can interact dynamically with the object.

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=FR&hl=fr&v=iaKehq6qsdY
• http://www.i-bar.ch/en/info/