This Week in the Future, April 9-13, 2012
There’s already Angry Birds in space–why not Fruit Ninja in space? At least, that’s the thesis put forth (probably; I’m...
There’s already Angry Birds in space–why not Fruit Ninja in space? At least, that’s the thesis put forth (probably; I’m not an art critic) by Baarbarian in this week’s This Week in the Future illustration. While you ponder the significance of the precise arrangement and variety of sliced fruit, we’ll take this opportunity to wish you a good weekend.
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- NASA Invests In Satellites That Beam Power Down to Earth
- Video: Real-Life Fruit Ninja at 1,200 Frames Per Second
- Video: The Stem, A Citrus Spritzer That Stabs Directly Into Fruit
- How Well Does Scotch Age in Zero Gravity? A Distiller Launches Some to Find Out
- How it Would Work: Destroying an Incoming Killer Asteroid With a Nuclear Blast
And don’t forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:
- The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, April 9-13, 2012
- Q+A: SpaceX Engineer Garrett Reisman on Building the World’s Safest Spacecraft
- You Built What?!: A Street-Legal Three-Wheeler That Runs on Nearly 2,000 Batteries
- Human Eggs Grown in the Lab Could Produce Unlimited Supply of Humans
- Six Ways Investments in Space are Paying Technology Dividends on Earth
- Without Smarts, New York’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ is Really the Taxi of Yesterday
- Test Drive: the 2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan
HOW IT WORKS
- How It Would Work: Creating a Quantum Computer
- How It Works: A Laser-Powered Ear Implant to Boost Hearing
- How It Works: The 20-Yard Nerf Shootout
- How It Works: Airport Fire Truck
- How It Works: Two-In-One Turbocharger
- How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea
- How It Works: Salmon Transport
- How It Works: Dual-Blade Buzz Saw
- How It Works: 175mph Electric Car