As technology gains ubiquity in popular culture, the rules and contexts that govern its use have begun to draw our attention.   Check out this turntable PC:

Japanese researchers have tested a huge quake simulator capable of jolting a six-storey building in a project that could help improve earthquake-resistant construction methods.

The Hoverboard concept was first introduced in the movie "Back to the Future 2". In the movie, the hoverboards were the size of skateboards and were completely noiseless with no moving parts.  But now there’s a hoverboard you can own and do your own tricks on. 

Scientists are planning to create human-rabbit hybrid embryos to speed up research into the causes of inherited conditions such as motor neurone disease and Parkinson’s.