All that happened this week pales in the face of Tiny Chameleon. Tiny Chameleon is the most important news of the week. Of the year. I mean, yeah, we also learned about a teenager who achieved nuclear fusion in his parents’ garage, and saw the future of toys, and the most powerful portable games console ever made. But just look at Tiny Chameleon. Look at him!
Want to win this adorable mini-reptilian 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:
- World’s Tiniest Chameleons Found in Madagascar
- The Most Incredible Toys of 2012
- How Much Would You Pay to Plug In Your Gadgets?
- How to Pump Half a Million Gallons of Fuel From a Listing Cruise Liner
And don’t forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:
- The Goods: February 2012’s Hottest Gadgets
- Video: PopSci’s Ultimate Robot Dance-Off
- Test Drive: The All-Electric BMW Active-E
- How to Pump Half a Million Gallons of Fuel From a Listing Cruise Liner
- The Boy Who Played With Fusion
- NASA’s Mars Budget Takes a Beating, Leaving Europe to Fly Joint Missions Solo
- Apple’s New Mac OS, “Mountain Lion,” Is a Head-On Collision of Mac OS and iOS
- How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole
- A Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen
- Sony PlayStation Vita Review: Full-Power Gaming, Portable Package
- Archive Gallery: The Rise of Video Games
- The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, February 13-17, 2012