Wireless Power Technology

Watch this guy (who has no problem waiting for applause) talk about powering devices without any cords.

First Step Towards Cloaking Device

Watch scientists operate a very small cloaking device.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cloaking devices are advanced stealth technologies still in development that will cause objects, such as spaceships or individuals, to be partially or wholly invisible to parts of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. Fictional cloaking devices have been used as plot devices in various media for many years, but developments in scientific research show that real-world cloaking devices can obscure objects from at least one wavelength of EM emissions. Scientists already use artificial materials called metamaterials to bend light around an object.

Singularity University

In 2009 Ray Kurzweil discussed the future of information technology as well as the formation of Singularity University. From their website -

A number of exponentially growing technologies will massively increase human capability and fundamentally reshape our future. This warrants the creation of an academic institution whose students and faculty will study these technologies, with an emphasis on the interactions between different technologies. Our mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a new generation of leaders who strive to understand and utilize exponentially advancing technologies to address humanity’s grand challenges.