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This Week in the Future, May 3 - 7, 2010
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Your Honor, we'd like to enter into evidence: this synthetic brain made out of cellphone parts, this symbiotic photosynthetic zebrafish, a resurrected pig heart, and ... the future.
Here are some of our favorite stories this week:
- Brooklyn Lawyer to Enter Brain Scan as Court Evidence for Client's Veracity
- An Injection of Symbiotic Cyanobacteria Gives Fish the Power of Photosynthesis (Sort Of)
- Coming Soon: A Synthetic Brain Built from Tens of Thousands of Smartphone Chips
- Google Invests in Startup That Predicts the Future
- Chemical Cocktail Keeps Resurrected Heart Alive For 10 Days Outside of Body
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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Gimme that shirt!
Can I have the shirt?
So friggen cool
Oh man, I totally want that shirt.
Throws a kitten.
Let me win please!
pretty soon they will have to do 'today in the future' due to the huge rate which technology is progressing.
I want that shirt too!
Does anyone else get the my cousin Vinny vibe from the picture? Reminds me of that movie.
I would like this shirt.
please...shirt!
awesome shirt!!!
haha, i'd like this shirt
I want that shirt!!!
hey check this out. I made fun of the editors of Syfy wired. I used no profanity but kinda laughed at them because they give their writers the most pathetic items to develop into stories.
They $%^#ing Banned me! LOL.
Totally agree with the My Cousin Vinny reference.
Puteti dona tricoul unui "BUM".
in it to win it
I never get a shirt. =(
Lucky number 7!!! take it to make it!
Must have shirt!!!
If I won the shirt, I would sell it and donate the proceeds to charities that work for world peace...
(www.bieres-et-vin.com)
i want the cell phone brain... and the shirt.. and photosynthetic powers
Count Me in!
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.
ha ha ha that's a funny shirt the judge looks all disgruntled and the lady looks like shes taken a little to much lsd and the lawyer look's like he had a good night mexico and little to much to drink ha ha he got a phone inserted in his brain so he could text message while driving ha ha i want see the jury now if every court case was like that i would go to court with some popcorn and a softdrink and watch the theatrics
the last person to get on the judges bad side he riped out their heart and placed it in the jar i dare you to tell the judge hes rong ha ha he will bear claw you in your chest and rip out your heart now thats more like our capitalistic
goverment today they should make this a polictical shirt i would buy it lol ha ha ha ha
OH !!! and even tho I know for a fact I wont get the shirt
I'll ask for the heck of it can I have the shirt Please !!
i would take car of it and if the person who drew this reads this good job i think this is one of the best i've seen on popular science keep up the good job artist editers and photographers i think this is a great site and i go on every day the world expo gallery's are great and when i get
my big payday i am thinking about donating some money to the magazine not that you guys need it but im sure you guys can use the extra cash till next time every one reading this from pop science staff to to viewers worldwide have a great great day and dont let nobody bring you down live life your best throgh good and bad times life is'nt forever
so live happy and keep a positive attitude and great thing's will come to you in time you never know something great may just be right around the corner bye until next time stay up and seeya later....
I am soooo due!
Shirt me please! I'm cold!
I want that shirt!
Congratulations, PogoThePrez, you're our lucky winner! Way to go on getting the "My Cousin Vinny" reference, too. I'll be in touch shortly to get your info so we can send you your awesome new shirt.
Keep on playing, people. The future just might have a free shirt in it for you!
Taylor
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