Robugs, biologically based software, the GeoWeb, transgenic art and other hot frontiers in technological innovation.

For our final installment of this year's Big Idea series, we invited technology journalist and co-editor of BoingBoing David Pescovitz, an affiliate researcher at the Institute For The Future, to do what he does best -- point to important and mind-blowing developments in the world of technology.

01. Robugs: Swarms of tiny robotic insects

02. Hacking DNA: Creating life one BioBrick at a time

03. Location, location, location: The GeoWeb

04. Maker mind-set: DIY technology

05. Biology as art: Genetic creativity