If you’ve grown up with the completely reasonable expectation that one day, you will own a flying car, than we’ve got good news: the wait may finally be over. Terrafugia, the company behind this airplane/car hybrid, is working on a new design that, in addition to operating like a fully functioning, street-legal car, will also not require a runway for takeoffs and landings. Once the car is airborne (thanks to mini-helicopter-like vertical propellers) it can travel at speeds of up to 200 MPH and go 500 miles without needing to be refueled. What if your new car suffers from a mid-air breakdown? Don’t worry, a parachute system will deploy to gently float you safely to the ground. But, if you want to own the ultimate commuter vehicle, you might want to start saving now. They’re going to cost almost $300,000 apiece … Discuss

The world’s laziest inventors have made a shirt that almost never has to be washed, affectively putting Febreze out of business. Wool&Prince, the creators of the high-tech button-down shirt, claim to have created some sort of space-age fabric that uses some manner of “wool science” to prevent odor from forming. The project is being funded (of course) through a Kickstarter campaign. Being able to go 100 wears without being washed means that now you can finally own a shirt that is on the same laundry cycle as your jeans … Discuss

This series of AT&T ads that ran from 1993 to 1994 pretty accurately predicted the future of technology. In each commercial spot, several, then-unfathomable new consumer devices were shown, and audiences were told that in the near-future “You Will” have access to such amazing technology. The ads show a variety of technologies that are now a part of daily life: an on-demand streaming service like Netflix, a Siri-like virtual assistant, a digital tablet, in-car GPS, E-ZPass tolls and more. The series is no “It’s Not Complicated” campaign (which is hilarious), but its predictions are still pretty impressive … Discuss

Wired has posted this look at Google’s growing corporate bicycle culture. What started off as an experiment six years ago, when the company bought 100 Huffys for employees to use to get around the sprawling campus, has since exploded into its own subculture. Google now has a seven-person staff of bicycle mechanics that maintains a fleet of about 1,300 brightly-colored Google bikes. The company also encourages employees to cycle to work by providing locker rooms, showers and places to securely park bikes during working hours. And, for those who want to combine meetings with bike-riding, Googlers can use one of several seven-person “ConferenceBikes” (that is, if they don’t mind looking ridiculous) … Discuss

Looking to become a real-life James Bond villain? Want to scare the daylights out of everyone at the beach this summer? Looking for a new way to spice up your morning commute? Well, for the small price of $80,000 you can own the Seabreacher X, a 300-horsepower bionic watercraft thing. The good folks over at Gizmag have put together a pretty in-depth video of what it’s like behind the wheel of your own personal, mechanical shark. Enjoy … Discuss