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1. Phone Numbers Are Dead, They Just Don't Know It Yet

   Tech Crunch

   Phones aren't, but phone numbers might be.

   Issue #54: August 31, 2010

2. The Future of Inner City Parking

   Wohr Parking Systems

   We've had a thing for futuristic parking since the early days of Issue #2. Germany-based Wohr has completed projects like the one in Budapest around the world.

   Issue #48: July 20, 2010

3. Nokia Unveils Bicycle-Powered Phone Charger

   Candace Lombardi, Cnet

   "A 10-minute journey at 10 kilometers per hour (six miles per hour) produces around 28 minutes of talk time or 37 hours of standby time."

   Issue #42: June 8, 2010

4. Touch-Based Tap

   Jaeseok Han

   The current ones seem to work just fine, so this might not end up happening, but you never know.

   Issue #39: May 18, 2010

5. A Visual Summary of Where Humanity Is Robots-Wise

   The Big Picture

   These aren't quite available for pre-order yet, but they're on the horizon.

   Issue #38: May 11, 2010

6. Show Stopper: How Plastic Popped the Cork Monopoly

   Timothy Aeppel, The Wall Street Journal

   Could the wine cork's days be numbered?

   Issue #37: May 4, 2010

7. Google Labs's Best

   Kaila Colbin, Network World

   Google encourages its engineers to spend 20% of their time at the office working on whatever they think is interesting. Check out the results.

   Issue #32: March 30, 2010

8. Land or Sea: Four-Wheeler and Jet Ski in One

   Gibbs Technologies

   James Bond would be very proud.

   Issue #31: March 23, 2010

9. Richard Branson Unveils His Underwater Plane

   Claire Bates, Daily Mail

   The man who has everything now has something else.

   Issue #28: February 26, 2010

10. Copenhagen Wheel: Just Add It to Your Bike

    MIT SENSEable Lab

    With this simple, elegant additional part, your bicycle can now become a "hybrid e-bike," which looks very cool.

    Issue #27: February 19, 2010

11. Employment Future: The Decade Ahead In Jobs

    NPR

    A visually-appealing projection of what the job market might look like in 2018.

    Issue #23: January 22, 2010

12. Wipe Out Bad Memories

    Times of India

    It may become possible to erase - or at least alter - undesirable memories and derivative fears. Without using drugs.

    Issue #20: December 22, 2009

13. E-Magazines

    Sports Illustrated

    We're already halfway there.

    Issue #19: December 18, 2009

14. A Modern Vehicle Powered by a Horse

    Kurtsystems Car

    This looks quite bizarre, but could it be that there's something to the idea?

    Issue #18: December 11, 2009

15. Roll-Up Laptop

    Jeremy Hsu, Popular Science

    Is that a yoga mat or a laptop I see you carrying?

    Issue #13: November 6, 2009

16. Flight Check-In with Just Your Phone

    Taylor Buley, Forbes

    Prepare for travel without boarding passes, as your phone will simply display a scannable barcode on its screen.

    Issue #12: October 30, 2009

17. Move Safely with Your Smartphone

    Zepto Tools

    Visual hands-free technology seems like something we should expect to become widely adopted.

    Issue #9: October 9, 2009

18. Rising Seas Putting New York City At Risk

    Robert Lee Hotz, Wall Street Journal

    If the polar ice caps do melt, the North-Eastern part of the US may see sea levels rise twice as fast as elsewhere.

    Issue #6: September 18, 2009

19. Four-Day Work Week

    Bryan Walsh, Time.com

    An idea with which few would find fault.

    Issue #5: September 11, 2009

20. CBS Embeds a Video Playing Ad in a Print Magazine

    John C. Abell, Wired

    No matter where you go and what you do, a video ad will find you.

    Issue #3: August 28, 2009

21. Volkswagen's Automated Parking Garage

    Charlie White, Gizmodo

    A revolutionary parking garage with many advantages. Among them: No parking attendants would mean no unauthorized joyrides.

    Issue #2: August 21, 2009

22. No More Rest Stops?

    Mike Esterl, Wall Street Journal

    It appears that soon whoever hits the highway sans TP, may be taking a significant risk.

    Issue #1: August 14, 2009