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This Week in the Future, April 19 - 23, 2010
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Molecularly engineered potato chips, an appreciation for cheese on the microbiological level, using gold to destroy acne, and 3-D C-notes? Clearly, we've been spoiled by this week's abundance of novelty.
Welcome to the future.
Here are some of our favorite stories this week:
- Gold Nano-Bombs Deliver Bacteria-Killing Therapy Directly to Acne
- Lay's Changing Basic Shape of Salt Crystals for Healthier Potato Chips
- U.S. Treasury Jumps on 3-D Bandwagon, Unveils Redesigned Benjamins
- Have Modern Scientists Made any Advancements in Alchemy?
- Wisconsin Becomes First State to Name Official Microbe, Honoring Cheese-Producing Bacterium
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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I'll take a shirt, please.
Count me in!
new $100 bill is a great improvement
Gold acne remover.. cool
This is my Life!!!!
The 3-D Ben Franklin is the best part.
Yes, I guess I will take this awesome T off you hands, but only for you.
ha ha
Awesome, let me have it.
i want that shirt!!
The microbe that's found in the cheese
Is one that surely does please
Although you will find
It might tend to bind
Thus causing your bowels to seize
Cheese!!!!!!!!!
If I get a t-shirt I'll be happy to buy a benjamin's worth of Lay's Healthy Potato Chips with the new 3D hundred dollar bill.
Ah the glory days of late the 90s when computer geeks shaved with gold lived in houses of cheese...the dream is gone
this shirt shall be mine
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I.....WANT.....THIS....SHIRT....NOW!!!!
I could use a new shirt...I want it!
I haven't won a shirt yet!
That picture made me laugh out loud! Literally! That shirt would totally become one of my designated weekly T-Shirts if I got that! Lol, that's awesome!
the 3-D ben is deffinitly the coolest! where will they be using it?
dude, they're changing the salt!
Shirt for me!!!!!
woot.
shirt please
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I dont get the shirt but i do like the tech i give its reater 11 fingers up keep it up and always remember aim for the stars fore nothings imposible.and life is how you make
for if you want strive for it let no one put you down and always remeber that your dreams can be just around the corner
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