A new wave of technological advancements is making it easier than ever to plug into a techno-utopian automated lifestyle, as people increasingly expect to exchange minimum input for maximum output.

Italian app MonkeyParking is attempting to give people the ability to 'sell' their parking spot in the US. Though physical parking spots are not up for grabs, instead the 'insider information' about when the parking spot you are currently filling will become free is on sale.

As we all become iPhoneographers, over 27,800 photos are uploaded to Instagram every minute, and 1.8 billion photos are shared daily. But what if we could make money from our snaps? Foap is turning everyone’s smartphone photo libraries into one massive stock photo resource.

As distinctions between public and private lives continue to blur, consumers – particularly those from Generation Y – are finding increasingly ingenious ways of monetising every minutiae of their existence.