Suddenly it's 1968! Matti Suuronen's plastic fantastic Futuro house let homeowners live in Space Age style without ever having to leave their front yards.

Time capsules... messages from today to the world of tomorrow! Time capsules may not be time travel but they're the nearest thing to it we've got.

Roads unfurl like fabric and human faces are frighteningly elastic in the digitally manipulated photographs of artist Erik Johansson.

Crowdsourcing has been used with great success in many industries, but now it's moving into the public sector. Today, the public is helping shape cities.

Lean, mean and sometimes even green, concept motorcycles often make us what to head out on the highway. Here are 20 of the most bad-ass bikes to hope for in 2010.

Sound Mirrors, Acoustic Horns and War Tubas were the only means of detecting enemy aircraft before the invention of radar - and for some time after.

Ghostly alien landscapes, floating structures and otherworldly creatures characterize the "hermetic art" of digital painter Alex Andreyev.

Do you have someone for whom you need a present but would classify as naughty and not nice? Here are 15 Cool Hi-tech Spy Gadgets, Oh Wait...Creepy Gifts for Stalkers?

Some USB drives are so cool you might drool, while some are utterly bizarre. Here are 50 geektastic USB gadgets and funky USB flash drives.

Prosthetics have been used to replace lost limbs since there have been limbs to be lost; peg legs and crutches have transformed into power suits and robot arms.

From the best in pugilistic umbrella-mayhem to the sweetest way to woo a loved one, these 15 examples are guaranteed to chase the clouds away.

From cybernetic contact lenses to contraptions that shoot you up to rooftops in seconds, these 15 futuristic gadgets would make even Batman jealous.

Ten gorgeously weird and entirely unexpected ways to woo us with music, courtesy of the latest technologies.

Here are 7 wondrous examples of epic modern ship design, all demonstrating that when it comes to innovation, technology and breadth of ambition, the best designs are the ones making waves.

Think you could recognize a teapot when you saw it? Check out these 19 examples before you answer - because strange things are brewing in the world of teapot design.