6 Remarkable Inventions and Technologies Coming THIS Decade!!!

The next ten years will bring disruptive technological changes, most of which we can't possibly foresee. But here are six truly exciting prospects that we know are coming in the 2010s.

1. Driverless cars

I've previously written about the future of driverless cars, one of the things I look forward to the most for the coming decade. As it turns out, Google has successfully tested them for months already, driving some 140,000 miles - without a single accident!

2. The Skylifter

An Australian aeronautics company is developing a 150 meter wide discus-shaped helium balloon with a payload capacity of 150 tons. Among other things, the Skylifter will have the ability to move multistory buildings to remote locations and serve as a new generation of airborne luxury cruise ships.

3. Rollable screens

Sony has been developing screens so thin they can actually be rolled up. Here's a video about their 14 inch Organic Light Emitting Diode display, OLED for short. This is truly spellbinding. What can't the Japanese do? You could just roll up your 32 inch TV and bring it with you in your bag.Then roll it back out at a friend's house, on a plane or in your tent and watch your favorite movies.

4. Commercial space tourism

To see the world from the outside, I imagine, must give you a whole new perspective on your place in it. Since the 1990s, only an exceptionally affluent handful of non-astronauts have had the opportunity to see the earth from orbit. Even today, a ticket to space will set you back $20-30 million, the waiting list is 5 years, and only the Russians will take you there. But that’s all changing.

5. 1000 meter buildings

On January 4^th this year, the tallest structure in the history of the earth opened its doors for the first time. Towering some 828 meters (2,717 feet) above ground, the Burj Khalifa punctures the clouds above Dubai, dwarfing its neighbors, the 50-story buildings. Erected in less than five years, it’s an unfathomable feat of engineering, and a symbol of human capacity. But more importantly, the Burj Khalifa is just the first little snowball of the impending avalanche of super tall skyscraper construction.

6. Invisibility suits

Scientists in Japan and the US are realizing one of Man's ancient fantasies - the ability to vanish. Groundbreaking technology on the micro-level has enabled us to make the first primitive cloaking devices, and in the coming decade they will become more advanced (i.e. less visible) and less expensive. How do these invisibility technologies work, and what are the implications for your life?