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Anyone who has built a home, or finished a basement knows how difficult it can be to picture what all your ideas will actually look like. Lowe's is taking us into the sci-fi future with the holoroom. You program your room with that granite counter top you picked out, the hardwood flooring you like, and that fancy faucet you might splurge on. The walls turn into a 3-D canvas, showing you a computer- generated representation of your home. You can even walk around to see what you think. The company plans to have this in its Canada stores by the end of the year. A Russian design firm has a concept that would turn our highways into interactive displays. The roads would become smart surfaces, showing drivers things like the speed limit, traffic hazards, or other safety information. Sensors in the highways would track individual cars too, letting you know if you're following another car too closely. It's just a concept, but only for now. These extreme athletes wanted a better way to capture all their gnarly moves, so they launched this kickstarter for a drone that you didn't have to control. It would just follow you around and film your every move. The Hexo+ connects with an app and will follow you as long as you stay within about 50 yards and under 45 MPH. It blew past its kickstarter goal by 600 percent and you can order one for $500.
