An Android-powered projector-in-a-lightbulb inspires images of a world in which every gadget wants a heart�or at least a brain.

In place of the brave new world of design fiction, artists like Olafur Eliasson invite us to enter the instant Utopia of our own imaginations.

An intriguing concept device called "Thimble" would serve as an interface, text scanner, and Braille e-book reader for the blind. But the crucial technology, a refreshable, haptic Braille display, remains elusive.

Exotic lighter-than-air craft�including argon- and methane-filled balloons and hopping dirigibles�offer tantalizing prospects for future missions to Saturn's largest moon.

A web-based game simply and elegantly tests Julian Assange's theory of the power of networked secrecy.

Perspectives on the FCC's recent net neutrality ruling leave us thinking about the the rise of the app and the enclosure of the commons.

"The man in charge of the machinery of the universe is Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge."

Mixtape and turntable, meet the collectible bubble-gum card.

This flat-pack pinhole camera doubles as a postcard to offer something like a photo-sharing snail-net. But the sentiment that motivates its ad campaign is bizarre.

A short film featuring Syd Mead, concept artist for Blade Runner, Tron, and Aliens, shows a master visual futurist at work. Video after the jump.