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The future is now, but beyond that are some incredible concept technologies and designs that are much closer than most people realize. Here you will find some of the most exciting soon-to-be-innovations ready to make the leap from virtual to actual reality.

Find the Perfect Parking Spot Before You Even Leave Home

ParkMe is an app that lets you browse available parking structures, lots, and street spaces from the comfort of your home computer or smartphone.

Wearable Tech: Mask Gives Users Superhuman Senses

A set of futuristic-looking masks that fit over the mouth and ears or the eyes enhance audio and visual perception, giving the wearers superhuman senses.

Future Present: 7 Soon-to-Be Wonders of Technology

Chatting with holograms, controlling computers with our minds and harvesting energy from power lines are among the innovations predicted for the next five years.

Fighting the Future: 3D-Printed Gun Fired, Blocked by US

Within days of a successful test firing of the Liberator, this working 3D-printed weapon has attracted the attention of the United States government.

Creepy Portraits Made Using DNA from Gum & Smokes

DNA samples collected from discarded cigarette butts and chewed gum are processed into life-sized, three-dimensional masks of the people who left them behind.

Future Past: 7 Weird Wonders Predicted 100+ Years Ago

In the year 1900, an article printed in the Lades Home Journal envisioned what life would be like in 2001, with some predictions more accurate than others.

Odd-Wheel Wonders: 11 Novel Vehicles with 1 or 3 Wheels

When you get around, it's usually on two or four wheels. But the inventors of these crazy vehicles decided to go a different route by using one or three wheels.

The Stunning Instrument That Sounds Like an Orchestra

Stringed instruments have been in use since antiquity. There has never been one as breathtaking as the Wheelharp, which sounds like an entire orchestra.

All-in-One Bicycle Helmet: Sleek Integrated Lights & Signals

Incredible design is not just about looking good (which this does) or working well (which this does), but weaving these solutions neatly together.

In The Fold: 10 Futuristic Folding + Flexible Computer Ideas

The shapes of computers have changed drastically in the past decade, but the evolution isn't done yet - keep an eye out for these radical folding designs.

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