Future Tech, Right Now

From X-ray vision to mind reading, the future is coming on fast! Come explore the coolest and craziest technology of the future in this fun and interactive ebook by the curious minds behind HowStuffWorks.


Flying Cars! Teleporting! Robot servants! Wouldn’t you love any of these? You’re in luck because they may be closer to reality than you think. In Future Tech, Right Now, the team at Discovery’s award-winning website, HowStuffWorks.com, tackles these and lots of other awesome technology, devices, and developments we can expect in the coming decades. Based on the best of popular podcasts TechStuff, Stuff from the Future, and Stuff to Blow Your Mind, this interactive ebook reveals the science of our future, from mind control and drugs that can make you smarter to textbooks that talk to you and even robotic teammates. Discover:

• How telekinesis and digital immortality work

• Whether computers could replace doctors one day

• What robot servants and coworkers will look like

• Five of the coolest future car technologies

• What we will do for fun in 2050

• And much more!


Packed with podcast clips, interactive quizzes, videos, photos, trivia tidbits and more, Future Tech, Right Now will teach you everything you need to know to get ready for a phenomenal future.