This Week in the Future, December 7-11, 2009

This Week in the Future, December 7-11, 2009:   Baarbarian

Bionic fingers and surgically-switched fingerprints. Dark matter in Minnesota, and "VSS Enterprise" space-tourist test flights. The future, my friends, is here on PopSci.com.

(Get the details, and win the t-shirt, after the jump).

Check out this week's future news:

• Partial-Hand Amputees Get Better Bionic Fingers
• Dark Matter... On Earth?
• Chinese Woman Surgically Switches Fingerprints To Evade Japanese Immigration Officers
• Virgin Galactic Unveils Spaceship 'Enterprise'

You never know what the future's going to turn up next. We'll keep you posted, of course. And we'll keep you well dressed...

(Wanna win a t-shirt?)

This Week in the Future, December 7-11, 2009: The T-Shirt:   Baarbarian

Leave a comment (any comment) to put your name in the pile; we'll randomly choose and announce our winner right here next Friday, December 18. And, if you just can't wait that long, you can buy the shirt for yourself here. Good Luck!

Congratulations to last week's winner, PopSci user "Offbeat."

Until next time. Enjoy our past weekly illustrated roundups here.