It’s a shame the world might end in 2012, because technology is on its way down a lovely path of evolution; any day now, we’ll be flying around deep space nine and setting up alien interment camps. In the nearer future, we foresee certain technologies fading out by next year as the latest batch of “wow-shiny-touchy-easy” technology sweeps the board. Here are five tech trends you should hope you didn’t spend money on, because something better is coming out tomorrow:

Architects revealed today the world’s first 80-story, shape-shifting skyscraper, dubbed ‘Dynamic Tower,’ which is scheduled to be completed in Dubai by 2010.
Each floor of the soon-to-be-built luxury apartment building rotates a full 360-degrees, completely independent from the other floors, powered by massive wind turbines l… Click to read more