It’s New Year’s Eve in the year 2499. What will your night look like?

From Pet Rocks and Cabbage Patch Kids to Furbies and Fidget Spinners, the world of toys continues to take kids to strange and interesting places. So where will we go next?

It’s the time of year when we give thanks, give gifts, and give to the less fortunate. But could future generations think of “giving” in an entirely different way?

We need it, we track it, we too often lack it. Does the future have the potential to bring us better sleep?

From rotary dials to curly cords on kitchen walls to a permanent place in our pockets, where will phones take us next?

It’s the most popular form of transportation (other than walking). What will riding a bike look like in the world of tomorrow?

While fireworks date all the way back to ancient China, how might these dazzling displays of light and color look different in centuries to come?

Baseball, soccer, tennis, and golf are all popular summertime sports today, but could an innovative new sport come along and own the sunny season?

Two hundred years ago a man gazed at his grass, thought “that would look better short”, and invented the lawnmower. So how will we be cutting our grass 200 years from now?

From its speedy origins to Big Macs, the fast food industry is defined by innovative processes and products. So what sort of amazing treats await us next?

Across the world millions of people ride buses, subways, trains, trolleys, and ferries every day. What kind of transportation will they be taking in the future—and where will they be going?

Brought to life with the invention of the iPod at the turn of the century, podcasts are now a common part of our listening lives. So how will podcasts change over the next 20 years… and beyond?

How will the materials that hold items like toothpaste, lotions, shampoos, and shaving cream evolve to make our lives better?

They come in many names and styles: trousers, jeans, leggings, knickerbockers, bell bottoms, overalls, etc. But when will pants take a major leap forward (and what might that look like)?

The pen may be mightier than the sword. But will it (and its writing instrument brothers and sisters) survive the decades ahead without significant changes?

From cave paintings to camcorders to polaroids to pictures on your phone, humans are continually finding new ways to capture memories. So what’s next?

They’ve shed size and wires in their evolution to this point. But what form will the conduits for listening to audio signals take in the generations ahead?