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This Week In The Future, September 27-October 1, 2010
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Once again, it's This Week In The Future. Six articles from this week on PopSci are immortalized on this lottery ticket. Can you identify all six?
Post your answer in the comments. The first comment with the correct, complete answer will be chosen to win a copy of the illustration on a T-shirt. (If you can't wait, you can buy your own right here.)
Until next time, enjoy our past weekly illustrated roundups here.
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This one is easy, but I already won once...
Alright:
1. Mostly Losing- Mega Millions lottery simulator.
2. Robot Archers- DARPA auto aiming sniper rifle.
3. UFO- Disc shaped balloon could move large objects over vast distances.
4. Boat- Iran's boat plane thing bests DARPA.
5. Tornado- Most ambitious weather experiment, AKA 1000 mile tornado trap.
6. Pigs- Bio engineered pig that excretes fewer pollutants.
WOHOO!
1. mostly losing - lottery simulator
2. robot archer- math algorithm bow robot
3. ufo- officers say ufo tapered with nukes
4. boat- iranian flying boat
5. tornado- 1000 m tornado tracker
6. pigs- bioengineer pigs
1. Depressing Lottery Simulator- 9-28-10
2. The ENVIROPIG- 9-28-10
3. Archerbot- 9-27-10
4. Former AF officers claim to have seen flying saucers tampering w/ nukes- 9-28-10
5. The Bavar-2 (my personal favorite- FAIL)- 9-29-10
6. The World's Biggest Tornado Hunt- 9-30-10
Come on, people! I haven't won any of these yet!
lotto simulator
bow robot
air force sees saucers
iran boat offensive
twister tracker
eco-friendly porker
1. depressed lotto simulator
2.archer robot
3. Air force officers say UFOs tampered with nukes
4. Iran boat plane
5. 1000 mile tornado trap
6. Genetically engineered pigs excrete eco-friendly substances.
1.The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment:a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap
2.Iran's Boat-Plane-Thing Would Strike Fear Into Other Flying Military Boats if Any Existed
3.Enviropig: A Bioengineered Pig That Excretes Fewer Pollutants
4.Depressing Lottery Simulator Lets You Play 1000 Ties A Second, Shows All The Millions You Didn't Win
5.Former Air Force Officers Claim UFOs Visited Bases, Tampered With Nukes
6.Darpa's Self-Aiming "One Shot" Sniper Rifle Scheduled for Next Year
1.The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment:a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap
2.Iran's Boat-Plane-Thing Would Strike Fear Into Other Flying Military Boats if Any Existed
3.Enviropig: A Bioengineered Pig That Excretes Fewer Pollutants
4.Depressing Lottery Simulator Lets You Play 1000 Ties A Second, Shows All The Millions You Didn't Win
5.Former Air Force Officers Claim UFOs Visited Bases, Tampered With Nukes
6.Video: Using New Learning Algorithm, Archer 'Bot Learns To Aim And Shoot A Bow And Arrow