( CNN ) -- TED talks have become an integral forum in airing ideas about tomorrow 's world , and how the likes of transport and energy will be revolutionized in the future . Here , we take a look at nine of the most thought-provoking discussions on what the transformation of tomorrow will entail . ELON MUSK , The mind behind Tesla , SpaceX , SolarCity ... Paypal and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk - otherwise known as the man who wants to colonize Mars - sat down with Ted curator Chris Anderson to discuss his plans for the future of transportation . His upcoming vehicular inventions include building better batteries for electric cars , leasing out solar energy and creating a reusable rocket . BASTIAN SCHAEFER , A 3D-printed jumbo jet ? Aircraft engineer Schaefer unveils his plans for the future designs of jet planes . The collaboration with Airbus is focusing on sustainability : social , environmental and economic values that will make the jumbo jet of the future a greener and leaner contraption . JANETTE SADIK-KHAN , New York 's streets ? Not so mean any more . Sadik-Khan , a former transportation commissioner of New York City , explains how street design is a crucial element of living in today 's `` urban age . '' Her work , under the guidance of then-mayor Michael Bloomberg , turned tourist-magnet Times Square into a two-and-a-half-acre pedestrian-friendly zone , simultaneously cutting down traffic and making the environment a safer space . AMORY LOVINS , A 40-year plan for energy . Integrating all four energy sectors with new innovations are the key to shifting our reliance on oil , according to physicist Lovins . He believes that the sector costs to the US economy could be reduced by $ 50 trillion if we can `` eliminate our addiction to oil and coal by 2050 and use one-third less natural gas while switching to efficient use and renewable supply . '' DAVID LANG , My underwater robot . TED fellow Lang taught a robot to become an amateur oceanographer , and maintains that the future of underwater discovery lies in our automated friends . Having raised money for his DIY project on Kickstarter , he has high hopes for the creation of a global community of ocean explorers , where thousands of the devices roam the seas . JEFF SPECK , The walkable city . A leader in the fight to eradicate dependence on cars , urban planner Speck slams 'suburban sprawl ' - the reorganization of landscape around automobile use . He believes that we can have a healthier , more sustainable future by ditching the `` gas-belching , time-wasting and life-threatening prosthetic device . '' JONATHAN TRENT , Energy from floating algae pods . Scientist Trent is currently developing a new form of grow-it-at-home biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat waste-water from cities . `` I discovered that what 's really required for sustainability is integration more than innovation , '' he says . `` Biofuels production is integrated with alternative energy is integrated with aquaculture . '' ANDREAS RAPTOPOLOUS , No roads ? There 's a drone for that . Drones are slowly but surely being adopted by businesses to make the likes of deliveries and surveillance easier , and airborne logistics expert Raptopolous believes they could be the key to global infrastructural weaknesses . The one billion people living in areas that do n't have all-season roads could receive the likes of medicine and food via drone instead , he proffers . ALEX STEFFEN , The shareable future of cities . `` Planetary futurist '' Steffen discusses the ways in which we can begin `` reweaving the urban fabric that we already have '' in our cities and conurbations . By creating neighborhood-based green projects and reducing our reliance on cars , a more eco-friendly future could become a reality . Read more from Tomorrow Transformed : . Finally , a flying car for everybody ? It 's the idiot-proof aerial commuter . Will people still be useful in the 21st century ? Can this one-wheeled wonder change the way you commute to work ?
TED talks have become one of the biggest global forums for discussing ideas . Renowned figures from Stephen Hawking to David Ngozi , have given talks . From 3D - printed jets to underwater robots , there are numerous ideas for the innovations of today .