This Week In The Future, September 6-10, 2010

Fetching mind-control helmet on that woolly mammoth, wouldn’t you say?

This week in the future on PopSci:

• DARPA Wants to Install Transcranial Ultrasonic Mind Control Devices in Soldiers’ Helmets
• Cockroach Brains Could Hold the Key to Next Generation of Antibiotics
• Swedish Researchers Harness Green Goo to Create Solar Cells from Jellyfish
• Airborne Laser Weapon Fails to Take Down Dummy Nuke in Critical 100-Mile Test Shot
• What Killed the Mammoths? Alien Nanodiamonds May Hold the Answer
• PopSci Investigation: What Kind Of Top-Secret Assassination Tech Does $58 Billion Buy?

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Until next time, enjoy our past weekly illustrated roundups here.