Here's a great little article: NASA Funds 12 Far-Out Space Tech Ideas. Have a look, too, at a reference within the article: NASA - NIAC 2013 Phase I Selections.
Our real-world technology is "catching up" with ST technology. I'm particularly intrigued by Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat For Human Stasis To Mars -- not that most of us need too much additional torpor!
Onward to The Neutral Zone!
Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat For Human Stasis
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Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat For Human Stasis
"It isn't faith that makes good science, Mr. Klaatu, it's curiosity."
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)