This Week in the Future, August 29-September 2, 2011

In the future, when we can translate thoughts into words, we can only hope that our thoughts will be as G-rated and well-informed as our astronaut friend here. Thanks for reading this week’s PopSci so thoroughly, future-naut!

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• GPS Data Could Help Track and Monitor Secret Nuclear Tests From Rogue Nations
• Researchers Use Brain Scans to Translate Thoughts Into Words
• Future Mars Colonists Will Pack Their Power to Go in a Suitcase Nuclear Reactor
• Video: Filmmaker Rob Spence’s Implanted Bionic Camera Eyeball Is Up and Running

And don’t forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:

• Archive Gallery: 10 Renowned Scientists Make Their PopSci Debut
• First Steps of a Cyborg
• New Genetic Circuit Detects Cancerous Cells and Forces Them To Commit Suicide
• Japanese Domino’s Unveils Elaborate, Carefully Thought-Out Plans to Sling Pizza on the Moon
• Study Finds That Injecting Old Mice With Young Mouse Blood Has a Rejuvenating Effect
• FYI: Can I Buy Land on the Moon?
• The Samsung Note, Half-Phone and Half-Tablet, Debuts in Berlin
• New ‘Goldilocks’ Exoplanet Could be the Most Earth-Like We’ve Yet Seen
• You Will Actually Be Able to Buy Sony’s Crazy 3-D Head-Mounted Display
• Japanese Researchers Develop a Way to Turn Biological Tissue Transparent
• Five Gadgets to Make Your Dorm Room Outdo Any Rec Room
• Florida Funeral Home First to Debut Alternative to Cremation: Liquefaction
• Fermilab Astrophysicist’s Method Cuts Plane Boarding Times in Half
• Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Gets Officially Certified, Will Start Shipping Next Month