The future, kids — we’re living in it . Sensationalism aside, we are pretty jazzed to hear that Toyota’s long-awaited , much-teased plug-in Prius hybrid will be making its bona fide debut to the public next week. The image above is expected to be near-final, though we’re reserving judgment until …

The historians once pontificated that we’d all be cruising about in flying cars right around the year 2000, and while that whole Y2K fiasco threw us a tad behind schedule, it looks like the future may actually still be upon us. Parajet, the same company responsible for that downright unnerving personal flying machine …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a software program that links cars so they can instantly coordinate maneuvers together to avoid dangerous situations.   The Story: A child runs across the street without paying attention to the traffic, just as a car approaches at the top of the street’s speed …