Quote - I am hoping to do it more with design but I need guidance. I just don't imagine a futuristic hair dryer having an excess of tubbing and hoses coming off it ; ) That is a joke. I am not wanting to do hair dryers, I have been trying cyborg parts, robots, and control consoles.

You joke, but the same principle applies: if something simple works, why should there be something different in the future that does the exact same thing?  The basic shape of a axe has been around for several hundred thousand years because it works and there's no need to upgrade it.

"Space: 1999" has a good example of how to do it wrong.  You'd see characters whip out this big, bulky thing that opened doors like a remote control.  Well if all it did was open locks, why not simply use a key?  And if was just opening unlocked doors, why not simply have a button on the wall that you pushed?