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VELSHI: Today's "Big I" segment. The future of touch screen technology, with iPads, iPhones, other hands-on technology. We're all pretty curious as to what the future holds with respect to touch screens. One innovative design firm in Sweden called Tach put together a contest to get ideas about the future of screen technology. Then they put together this video. It shows what a normal day may look like in 2014. You see this guy? He's waking up, stretching his phone out to allow for a larger viewing area. The dual screen is actually malleable. That's kind of a neat thing that people are working on. Next, you see a woman in her bathroom interacting with her mobile device through the mirror as she brushes her teeth. Able to read news, share stories, check her calendar, the time, all that through the mirror. Now, what happens when you go to work? Two guys using a transparent touch screen monitor. This is like that movie with Tom Cruise in it. They're able to flip the screen through touch, share images across the desk, get approval for projects simply by touching them. The desk even acts as a calendar and a news feed. Finally, you see two guys sitting on a park bench sharing an image. All they do - check this out -- is drag it from one phone to the other, literally. Watch this. All right. They're about to -- there you go. There you go. Now, current TACH technology can be found in 450 million devices worldwide. It's just a snapshot what you can find in mobile devices of the future. Very interesting. A lot of people banking on the fact that touch and visual are the technologies that will dominate our future. Our other "Big I" today. The race back to the moon just got a new contestant. The Rocket City Space Pioneers have joined the Google Lunar X-Prize. The competition offers $20 million to the first group that can build and launch a privately funded spacecraft that can explore and transmit images from the moon. Rocket City Space Pioneers are head quartering in Huntsville, Alabama. They're among 23 teams from a dozen countries registered in the competition. To win the grand prize, the team must successfully land on the moon, move around on the surface for a minimum of 1,500 feet, and transmit a specific set of video images and data back to earth. The X-Prize Foundation is an educational nonprofit institute whose mission is to foster radical breakthroughts. Complete touch screen technology video from TACH and to read up on the Google Lunar X-Prize, head to my blog, CNN.com/ali. We have links up to both of those things. All right. Happy birthday to Super Mario. Get this: after 25 years he's still in the game, and not a touch of gray hair in that mustache. Stay with me for some "Odds and Ends.