Gadgets of the Future, Today

A Bed that floats in the air on magnets; an electric car with over 2,000hp that is ready with technology for hovering in electromagnetic highways; a cell phone made with nanotechnology that folds into a wrist-watch and stretches into a keyboard; piano-gloves to play in the air; a Segway-like dicycle that pops a third wheel on the fly and transforms into a motorcycle.

If you think that I’m talking about some new Steven Spielberg film, think again.  Most of those gadgets are already being produced for sale, for the happiness of millions of future enthusiasts around the world.

According to Moore’s law the advances in technology are growing in such an exponential rate that these improvements have dramatically enhanced the impact of digital electronics in nearly every segment of the world economy, allowing all kinds of new inventions. But let’s talk about the cool stuff!

The magnetic floating bed designed by Janjaap Ruijssenaars is astonishing, but so is its price: it’s expected to cost “merely” $1,200,000. If you are familiar with magnets and are asking yourself how they prevent the bed from floating away, it is held by four very thin wires.

http://hight3ch.com/magnetic-floating-bed/

As a car lover, I was taken by its design, but knowing that the Mithos is a zero-emissions car that goes up to 247mph and has so many other future-focused features made it a must in the list. Designed by the Portuguese designer Tiago Miguel Inacio, this electromagnetic monster is supposed to have specifications such as teleportation, quantum boost, scratch-resistant body material and others.

http://technabob.com/blog/2012/02/15/mithos-electromagnetic-concept-car/

Nokia’s innovation comes with the help of nanotechnology in the Nokia Morph concept. This cell phone fibril protein material makes it flexible, stretchable, transparent and remarkably strong giving you a good hint of what the future of telecommunication technology is going to look like.

http://research.nokia.com/morph

Another interesting device that is probably going to be improved with time is the eletronic piano-gloves by the Chinese manufacturer Thanko; the idea of playing piano in the air sounds fascinating and I am sure it is going to have further applications in other gizmos.

http://www.amazon.com/Thanko-Musical-Instrument-Fingers-Electronic/dp/B0078XE2OC

The sensational Uno 3 scooter is definitely a must-have if you’re tired of finding parking places in big cities.  This little transformer goes from an elaborated Segway into a scooter in about one second as you drive it in the streets, and it is also eco-friendly.  How many people fit in the elevator with their vehicles?

http://www.techi.com/2011/05/your-personal-uno-transformer-can-now-be-pre-ordered/