Is Superbus the future of public transportation?

Coming in at a top speed of 155 mph, the 50 ft. long Superbus is Wubbo Ockels' new spin on public transportation, aiming to meet the speed and comfort of a train while feeling like a car. The Superbus is powered by electricity, has rear-wheel steering, and hydraulic cylinders off-ground height range from 7 to 43 cm. Ockels hopes to have this up and running in the next 5 years. Is this realistic? I don't think public transportation is supposed to be luxurious; it is to get a person from point A to point B in the fastest and cheapest manner. Richard Branson endorses it, though. Hey, that's all that matters right?!

A look at 'the future of science: 2021'

A group called the Institute for the Future has created a new "super-visual" report that poses fascinating 'what-if' questions about the future of science and technology. "What if you could record your dreams... What if you could design a life form... What if you could launch a company in orbit?" Everyone knows the future can't be predicted, but "questioning what [it] can be, we can help shape what it will be... Invisibility cloaks. Space hacking. Quantum consciousness. Open-source biology...?" Technology is developing so rapidly, it is hard to tell what we might see in the next 10 years. Flying in cars like the Jetsons? Probably not in our lifetime. Anything is possible, though. Self-driving cars could definitely be attainable, right?

Droid Razr: Stunning, slim phone, but battery lacks

In the 2000's, one of the most popular phones had to be Motorola's flip phone, the Razr, but consumers quickly forgot about it as the smartphone market took off. It's back! The Droid Razr is an incredibly thin (just 0.28 inches thick!) new smartphone that runs on Verizon's superfast 4G LTE network. With a a stunning 4.3-inch touchscreen and Kevlar fiber on the back, The Droid Razr is $300 with a two-year contract agreement from Verizon and will be available Friday. Apparently, in its battery test, the Razr had mixed results. It only lasted 3 hours on a continuous video streaming test, but lasted from morning until early evening for texting, calling, app downloading and casual Web browsing. Furthermore, the battery is irremovable which might deter some people. Personally, I think the battery life will be just fine. Plenty of people said the HTC Thunderbolt's battery life was horrible and my fiance's last all day. You really just have to know how to extend the life of the battery; by turning off functions that aren't really needed, turning the brightness of your screen down, and having an app killer, you can make any phone last longer! I can't wait for this phone to come out!