There are few things as fascinating as seeing what people in the past dreamed about the future. "France in the Year 2000" is one example. The series of paintings, made by Jean-Marc Côté and other French artists in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1910, shows artist depictions of what life might look like in the year 2000. The first series of images were printed and enclosed in cigarette and cigar boxes around the time of the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris, according to the Public Domain Review, then later turned into postcards. Lots of their ideas involve mechanized devices, flying, or a combination of the two.

If you have ever dreamed of becoming a graffiti artist like Banksy, a robotic spray could help you cheat your way to greatness. The prototype gadget attaches to a can of paint and helps a novice replicate a photograph on a large canvas or wall. The invention could spawn a graffiti revolution, but is more likely to be used to create digital characters for films, for example. A robotic spray can is able to help a novice replicate a photograph on a large canvas or wall. This image shows the'target' photograph, top inset, simulated image (bottom inset) and finished painting, main Scientists from the ETH Zurich, Disney Research Zurich, Dartmouth College and Columbia University came up with the smart spray can and have demoed its artistic abilities in an impressive video.