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With hard data and lofty predictions gathered from renowned sources like NASA, MIT and IBM, the BBC has compiled this BBC Future Infographic, outlining some of the most likely and most amazing predictions for the next 150 years.

These 40 projections were made by scientists, journalists, politicians and other influential individuals. Some lead to a utopia, others take us down a dark road to a dystopia. It’s thought-provoking nonetheless.

Ladbrokes, a British betting firm, even gave their odds of each prediction coming true down the line. Enjoy and let us know what you think.

IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept Microsoft Research project designed to push the boundary of living room immersive entertainment by blending our virtual and physical worlds with projected visualizations.

“A display with the thickness of a sheet of paper, flexible and conformal, that completely shifts the paradigm for display applications.”

In mid-2012, Astounde covered the amazing future that the field of haptics holds for our smart devices.

One of the companies we highlighted, Tactus Technology, is debuting their morphing touchscreen phones and tablets at CES this week.

Find yourself losing valuables all over the place?

Florida based start-up StickNFind thinks they’ve found a way to affordably keep tabs on everything important to you.

Designed to address the inconsistency of toaster settings, designer Basheer Tome has created a cool, futuristic toaster that lets you customize your waffles, bagels and pop-tarts in a manner normally reserved for designer stores.

Exclusive video of the sickest heavy metal band of all time: Compressorhead.

The three man Aussie robotic band is comprised of Stickman, Fingers and Bones, and is sweeping the nation and frying the brains of meatbags worldwide.

Are you one of the millions of Americans that has a passion for computers and a love for fishing? Then the Poletap SmartRod is for you.

Not only is this the world’s smartest and coolest fishing pole, it actually helps you with the bottom line: catching more fish.

Unless you’ve left Nair on a little too long, shaving is most likely a part of your daily or weekly routine. The problem with most people is that just one shaving session can use between 5-10 gallons of water!

While it’s an afterthought today, that kind of usage shows up on the water bill, and could be a bigger problem in the future.

A designer named Craig Battin sought out to build a water conservation device, and he ended up creating the Bonsai; a bathroom gadget that, with a shot glass full of water, not only gives you a closer shave that’s better for your razor, but it uses approximately 256 times less water!

Do you own an SLR camera (single-lens reflex) and wish you could zoom in just a little bit more for that perfect shot? If so, the Canon 5200mm Prime Lens may be for you.