Fortify your frontroom

BIG Lego castles:
http://www.minifig.co.uk

One step closer to digital immortality

IBM to begin brain simulation project:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7470

Mechanical gills

Crack open a can of soda and you hear the distinctive “pfft!” of gas coming out of solution when the pressure drops. Strap a pump on your back that can reduce the pressure in a tank of water, and you get oxygen out. Dump the waste water, suck in some fresh, and cycle.
http://www.isracast.com/tech_news/310505_tech.htm

Get your own crystal ball

http://www.actuality-systems.com/index.php/actuality/products/photo_gallery
or seerstone
http://www.rickgrunder.com/treasurespast.htm