Video still of a roll-up laptop (Evgeny Orkin via YouTube, http://youtu.be/b3txQs7jEJ4)

Roll-up laptops will let you take your laptop to Starbucks in a thermos-style carrier. Just don't get it mixed up with your real thermos.

Video still of a self-driving car (Google via YouTube, http://youtu.be/cdgQpa1pUUE)

Self-driving cars will let you sit back and text your BFF all you want without worrying about a totaled car.

Boy using WiFi on airplane (© Getty Images)

Wi-Fi everywhere means you'll never have to go ANYWHERE without getting constant Facebook updates.

Product shot of a 2-way viewable television (Pete Pachal, Mashable)

TVs that show two programs at once will come in handy when you've tired of arguing with your significant other about whether to watch 'Breaking Bad' or 'Game of Thrones.'

Taiwanese tech company Polytron Technologies' prototype transparent Smartphone (© Polytron Technologies via MobileGeeks.com, http://aka.ms/clear)

Think of how much more of your friends you'll be able to see now that your see-through smartphone won't block your field of vision while you're texting!

Product shot of the iWatch (via Business Insider, http://aka.ms/iwatch)

"Super" watches mean you'll have your phone always on your wrist. And with Wi-Fi everywhere, you'll never miss a Harlem Shake video again. Hooray?

Product shot of a prosthetic arm (via gizmag, http://aka.ms/fake-arm)

Thought-controlled prosthetics will give greater mobility to everyone. Third hand, anyone?

Product shot of the metamaterial cloak (© Duke University)

Cloaking devices, for when you really need to slip out of work early.

Video still of a 3Doodler (3Doodler via YouTube, http://youtu.be/DQWyhezIze4)

3-D pens mean you can draw stick figures that really stand out (or up).

Video still of Google Glass (madhavel via YouTube, http://youtu.be/6BTCoT8ajbI)

Google Glass will give you the ability to say "Glass, record a video" and have video be recorded without ever clicking a button.

An interractive map depicting flu-themed tweets infection trends of the Manhattan & Queens neighborhoods in New York, NY (© Kevin Fasik via GermTracker, fount.in/m)

Instant flu alerts or instant zombie outbreak apps on your smartphone mean never being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

3-D printed drugs. For when you positively, absolutely, need Viagra NOW.

Video still of English to Chinese translating technology (MicrosoftResearch via YouTube, http://youtu.be/Nu-nlQqFCKg)

Instant translation technology will sure make it is easier to travel to foreign countries. And to see if that group of nerds in Denny's is making fun of you in Klingon.

Artist depiction of a bionic eye (© Getty Images)

Bionic eyes. Maybe we'll be able to see in X-ray vision?

File photo of an M1A2 Abrams tank (© Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)

Force fields will protect soldiers and equipment, sure. But what about bumper cars?

15 futuristic technologies that will be commonplace in 10 years

3/7/2013

A see-through smartphone. Software that can translate a speaker's words in real-time. And fully functional human ears made with 3-D printers. All three have been prototyped in recent months, making us wonder what other futuristic technologies might be commonplace soon. Click through our list, and tell us which of our predictions you think will be mainstream within a decade.

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