This Week in the Future, February 27-March 2, 2012

This Week in the Future, February 27-March 2, 2012 Baarbarian

Aw, this is cute. This robot is so in love with Mona (or is motivated by her red lipstick, whatever) that he draws a heart. Only it's a robot heart. With no heartbeat. Look, just because a robot can sketch a person's face doesn't mean it understands all the intricacies of visual art or the complexities of love.

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• No Pulse: How Doctors Reinvented The Human Heart
• Video: Hack a Common Slingshot into a USB Peripheral for 'Angry Birds'
• German Industrial Bot Takes Up the Art of Portraiture
• Does a Splash of Red Make a Woman More Attractive?

And don't forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:

• The $1,000 Genome, and the New Problem of Having Too Much Information
• PopSci Talks To Neil deGrasse Tyson About Politics, New Frontiers, and Science Evangelism
• The Department of Homeland Security's Favorite PopSci Posts
• The Virus Station: A Field Lab for Finding a Deadly Disease
• Could Climate Change Make Mount Everest Unclimbable?
• Under the Sea: In the Age of Wireless, Can't We Do Better than Intercontinental Fiber Optic Cables?
• Video: The Doctors Who Made the No-Pulse Heart
• Lytro Light-Field Camera Review: Shoot, Then Focus
• Hands-On: Windows 8 Brings Tablet-Style Simplicity To The Desktop
• Will People Alive Today Have the Opportunity to Upload Their Consciousness to a New Robotic Body?
• PopSci Q&A: Kate Findlay Talks About the Confluence of Quilting and the Large Hadron Collider
• The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 27-March 2, 2012