This Week in the Future, November 7-11, 2011
Well, we’ve all made it through the week. Our reward? An eyeball-centric This Week in the Future, which will raise...

Well, we’ve all made it through the week. Our reward? An eyeball-centric This Week in the Future, which will raise eyebrows and secure eye-glances for the lucky PopSci reader who wins this week’s free t-shirt.
Want to win this eye-catching Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It’s easy! The rules: Follow us on Twitter (we’re @PopSci) and retweet our This Week in the Future tweet. One of those lucky retweeters will be chosen to receive a custom T-shirt with this week’s Baarbarian illustration on it, thus making the winner the envy of their friends, coworkers and everyone else with eyes. (Those who would rather not leave things to chance and just pony up some cash for the t-shirt can do that here.) The stories pictured herein:
- Airdrop, Which Harvests Moisture Directly From Desert Air, Wins James Dyson Award
- Sleek Urban Hive Lets You Keep Bees in the Comfort of Your Apartment
- Smart Contact Lenses Deliver a Steady Stream of Drugs to the Eye
- Doctor Offers Laser Treatment to Permanently Make Brown Eyes Blue
And don’t forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:
- Archive Gallery: Automobile Safety Tips
- The Most Amazing Images of the Week, November 7-11, 2011
- Fashioning Apollo: What to Wear Into the Hostile Realms of Space
- MIT Meter Measures the Mood of Passers-By
- When the Best Tool for the Job Is an Animal
- New Super-Black Material Absorbs 99 Percent of All Light That Dares to Strike It
- How Computer Modeling Lets Doctors Predict Heart Attacks Before They Happen
- Nokia Lumia 800 Review: Bring This Phone to America, Please
- The 2011 Popular Photography Pop Awards: The Best Gear of the Year
- To Find Alien Cities, Look for City Lights on Distant Planets
- First Impressions: Barnes & Noble’s New Nook Tablet and SimpleTouch Ebook Reader