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This Week in the Future, May 31 - June 4, 2010
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Dolphins own iPads and the ocean is full of robot fish, but it's okay, someone's going to blow it all up anyway. It's about time to move to Mars.
Welcome to the future.
Here are some of our favorite stories this week:
- Could We Stop the Gulf Leak With a Nuke? Maybe, But We're Not Going To
- Uncle Sam Wants To Know About Your Internet Service
- Early Adopting Dolphin Uses iPad Touchscreen to Communicate With Humans
- Robot Fish Take Over School, Lead Real Fish To Safety
You know the drill. Hit us with your comments to win this epic illustration on a T-shirt. And if you just can't stand the wait, you can buy it right now.
Have a great (nuke-less) weekend!
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Awesome! Please let me have one!!!
Yes this has been a crazy week! Extremely excited about the success of Falcon 9!!! And this on a shirt would be epic.
This shirt will be a classic because it features the oil spill! I want it sooooooo bad!
Strangely reminiscent of the actual situation in the Gulf right now...
Indeed it is a classic
Count me in!
Shirt, Shirt, Gimme a shirt!
doop
TIME TO WIN A SHIRT!!!
P.S. yesterday was my Birthday.
that's awesome
It would be cool, to walk into school, everyone would drool, with that shirt looking like a fool, missing his pool, which was stolen with a tool, by a bully crew, they sold it for a jewel, only it could break a rule, now ain't that cruel?
The nuke in the background just made it that much better. Can I have it?
from Homer Glen, IL
Now if only the dolphin had lifelogging glasses, this picture would be complete.
if this is what this world is comeing to mars doesnt look half bad
SHIRT
I....NEED...THIS...SHIRT!!!!
Maybe a Mars bar will do for the time being..?
from Acton, Maine
I need this shirt to survive!!!
Dolphins will one day rule the world.
shirt
The shirt is awesome!
I would like this shirt.
“Yes, my good man, I’ll have the milk steak, boiled over hard, and your finest jelly beans ... raw.” -Charlie Kelly
One of the coolest designs so far.
I need a shirt! I'm getting sunburned without one!
I'll wear it proudly!
I so want this shirt!
from New York, New York
GabCas-- glad you've got PopSci pride, because you are the proud winner of a fine new This Week in the Future T-Shirt (speech! speech!). Congratulations and pats on the back to you.
All the rest of you lively commenters (science fans and conspiracy theorists alike): we keep the fun going all week long and we keep the shirts coming at ya. So, keep leaving your shoutouts and maybe, just maybe, a shirt will hit your doorstep some day soon.