Posted 04.16.2010 at 5:34 pm
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This Week in the Future, April 12 - 16, 2010
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And so National Robotics Week comes to a close. Between meth experiments, homemade TV robots, and kung-pao-chicken-chopping wokbots, we've had quite a good week here.
We only wish we could say the same for that poor sheep.
Here are some of our favorite stories this week:
- Map of Fruit Fly's Neuron Clusters Offers Glimpse Into Our Own Minds' Layout
- Togolese Student Builds Humanoid Robot From Old TV Parts
- Student-Created Wok Robot Can Cook 600 Chinese Dishes
- In Safety Study, Sheep on Meth Are Shocked With Tasers
As always, leave a comment to win this drawing on a shirt. We'll announce our randomly chosen winner next week. If you can't wait, buy the shirt here. Have a good weekend everyone!
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Apparently those robots run off methamphetamines... and they've been driven into a blood frenzy by that tweaked-out sheep!
That's a messed up Future.
Déjà vu!
Want it.
I hope I win a t-shirt sometime in the next year-ish.
My love of t-shirts knows no bounds.
This is my favorite one yet.
Taser the sheep!
maybe the sheep is a robot.
would that make them canibots?
Got a subscription in anticipation of this shirt. Much cheaper then off the magazine rack.
wow this one is pretty
this is your sheep on meth haha
awesome t-shirt
awesome t-shirt
Would like to win one of these.... Someday...
cheers
Gimme!
I like that.
I'm liking this one.
blop!
probably the best one yet!
strange
Here we go again
I'll take a shirt.
Don't tase me bro, Baaaaaaaaa....
Ron Bennett
Must have it!
yum, you've never had good lamb until you've had some that have been tased
I have always wanted to do that to my sisters damn sheep
They took'er Jobs
androids definitely dream of electrified sheep.
This week in the future renegade robots shear sheep for fluffy sweaters.
What's the new buzz on TV? Don't turn that dial, Bender's about to cook us another edible meal for dinner, Electric Sheep served with freshly ground flies.
food pyramid circa 2012
Epic Comment
Nitrate free tased meet, the freshest meet around processed and cooked at the source by your friendly neighborhood butcher.
Ron Bennett
Still another episode of "Iron Chef!!!"
The last sounds heard before the silence of the lambs, "Don't tase me bro!"
I'm just asking myself how many ''WTF?'' per hour wearing this T-Shirt can cause.
Obviously these robots are meant to represent big government and the sheep is symbolic of the American public.... :)
Perfect indirect indication of Police brutality and Animal Cruelty (: something else the Govt. wont do anything about
haha I want this one
--GTO--
The sheep si high, not dead! I want that shirt!
i want this shirt!
I'm shocked by this shirt! It is so baaaaaad!
Ya know whatd be funny if we shaved him while he's out.
Wicked
Hopped up sheep. mmmmmmmmm (how do you spell the drooling noise homer makes?)
The seeker of knowledge who seeks to reach beyond the stars to go where no mans gone before to see things no man has seen and bring these experiences back for the whole world to hear and see.
I think the sheep is teaked out off the meth and is holusinating hes seeing robots when really its humans
having a field day with a taser.who needs to go to the movies when you have a taser and a bunch of methed out sheep sounds fun.count me in.
Looks Good
I think I need to leave work and go rewatch Black Sheep.
Right. Now.
looks... um... interesting, to say the least. :)
What drives sheep to take meth? I don't know but good thing you tazed him first or he might go ballistic on us while we're cutting! At least this one's going down for science!