imagine a future where one lives like the jetsons or futurama with androids talking gadgets transport pods and glass domes or a planet where computers and robots have taken over seems fantastic but whats amazing is that many technologies which will be a mainstay in our homes and offices are already being invented here are a few of them silver silver everywhere silver is the gold standard of nanoscience its antimicrobial properties are being used to make clothing but if you think future livery will look spaceage and silvery think again for most part clothes laden with silver nano particles will look like ordinary clothes ukbased agactive for example has products ranging from towels bedsheets and even socks that use silver nanodust to fight bacteria on sweaty wet clothes these particles get ionized in moist conditions to kill bacteria and fungi byebye smelly socks and feet will laundry baskets be a thing of the past likely interestingly scientists are also working on various emulsions and coating that are laden with bacteriaresistant nano silver so almost every surface in your home such as kitchen counters walls table tops and even bathroom sinks and commodes could be coated with silver nanoparticles to make them bacteria resistant already companies such as samsung and lg use this technology in their goods including airconditioners that promise to kill germs multipurpose wall usbased company perceptive pixel has a software development kit which enables developers to introduce multitouch capability into existing applications called wall technology it was used extensively by cnn in 2008 during the us presidential primaries the wall displayed election data in myriad formats including photos videos google earth maps web sites and charts now imagine this gadgetry in your home where someday a robust touchscreen wall could come to life to display tv programmes computer games and even be a scribble pad for children your kitchen table could suddenly light up with a calculator to sort out grocery bills or even a virtual boardgame that the entire family could play all streamed wirelessly from the main server in your home power from footsteps the move to harness power from unconventional sources received a shot in the arm five years ago when professor zhong lin wang of georgia tech in the us demonstrated nanogenerator technology it could capture energy from irregular mechanical motions such as the vibration of vocal cords and the tapping of fingers since then the technology has grown by leaps and bounds researchers have built prototypes of phone chargers that harness kinetic energy from hiking trips to devices that capture body heat for powering small gadgets such as personal media playersin 2009 flooring was installed at tokyo station that was capable of generating power from the pressure of pedestrian footfalls the east japan railway co tokyos keio university and public research body new energy and industrial technology development organization installed it similar flooring called powerleap has been designed by 23yearold elizabeth redmond from the university of michigan using pavegen technology