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When combined, the MARRO computer system looks like any other, but it's actually "comprised of a stationary central unit (CPU, drives and network card) and a separate mobile satellite unit (built-in Life OS, CPU, and flash memory)." No word yet on availability. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Compared to the typical OS, which are limited to the resources and hardware of their physical location, the Life OS operates digital files and electronic devices that we use day to day.

Yes, you can purchase your very own "Steamputer" on eBay for just $500.00 if things stay quite. Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The seller is including what was once a 17-inch Dell LCD monitor, embellished with 19th century charm (gotta love those copper pipes on the sides), a matching wireless mouse, and the aforementioned keyboard.

The ZEN or "Z-axis Enabled" computer is comprised of "an electronic surface that can take different physical shape and can be manipulated by the user." It lets you "read Braille text on it, make out windows, icons, and different textures." No word yet on availability. Click here for first picture in gallery.

You can press into the surface, or scratch it with your fingers. All input output is made with the sense of touch. ZEN software uses a Tactile User Interface (TUI). The visually impaired are a negated market.

It may be long overdue , but IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer is well worth the wait. Designed to handle 1.6 petaflops, this system boasts "a hybrid design with almost 7,000 AMD Opteron dual core processors and almost 13,000 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Roadrunner will go online soon at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, and will crunch all kinds of data. It takes up 6,000 square feet, weighs 500,000 pounds total, uses 57 miles of cable and requires 3.9 megawatts of power.

When separated, they look like toy cubes, but snap them together and you've got the modular DNA computer. In addition to the main core, there are the projector, keyboard, and power supply blocks. No word yet on availability. Click here for first picture in gallery.

All the other modules can be bought separately (always having the possibility of buying the pack with the four main cubes) depending on your needs. Beside these three modules the user can always buy extra ones with additional functions (peripherals, flash memory, etc.).

This passport-sized PC concept provides a host of useful travel functions, like: navigation, ID/passport, tickets and schedules, video calls, internet, and an integrated camera. These functions basically "show the information on a transparent display." Click here for first picture in gallery.

This is much faster and more efficient way than using a map, a guidebook or a navigating system in smart phone. People can travel easily, efficiently and joyfully by using TRVL.

To complete the perfect home office, add these geeky desks. The CPU desk and Han Solo in Carbonite both offer a functional yet stylish workspace. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in galery.

We have seen the future of coffee cups, and they have built-in computers. Put simply, "the operation of this new PC follows certain behaviours when people use cups." Click here for first picture in gallery

Such as contain, collecting, piling and pouring water into other cups, 'PC' has functions of storing, sharing and organising information.

Sure, you could pick up one of these optical illusion boxes at your local magic shop, but "Hell's Illusion" is a fully-functional PC, complete with integrated LCD display. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The FluxPC concept essentially "revolves around a wearable bracelet, which interfaces wirelessly with a portable display." That's not all, the "system can [also] interface wirelessly with a portable display or other computers." Click here for first picture in gallery.

The bracelet holds the users personal and valued digital information while the display incorporates a larger viewing area and multimedia devices. The display is needed for instances when up-scaled viewing and interfacing is needed.