Happy 2010 - Where's my flying car?

2010 has arrived, but where is the technology we were promised when they talked about the future at primary school. Sure we have seen a lot of technology developed in the last 40 years, but where is the flying car and the shopping mall on the moon? I guess they are not that important. What gadgets do you want to for Christmas 2010? Put in your wish list now and let's see if the inventors can design and make them this year.

LiveScience has a list of 10 Profound Innovations Ahead.

Tape measure skills

Some guys with too much time on their hands.

As seen on Signal vs. Noise

1:1 Scale models

Michael Johansson creates life-size scale model kits.



More at http://worldfamousdesignjunkies.com/under-the-influence/just-add-johansson/

Green mouse

This eco-friendly, wooden mouse by AlestRukov uses natural materials as much as possible in the design.


Read more about Wooden mouse on the Behance Network

Google Chrome OS

Just watched the (over 1 hour long) Google Chrome OS webcast.

Today Google released it to Open Source and gave a demo. It looks interesting and really fast, simple and secure to use.

It won't be available for a year and then you'll need a supported device to run it, but it looks very promising.

The "What is Google Chrome OS?" video below is a much shorter intro: