As Octavia the hosebot helps her keep her cool, our athlete gets in a few last crunches before her appointment; all seen through smartglasses. That’s this week in the future.
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- Tattooing Teeth With Graphene Could Warn of Bacteria and Dental Decay
- Video: The Navy’s ‘Shoulder-to-Shoulder’ Firefighting Robot’s First Trial By Fire
- Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table
- Q&A: The Surprising Phenomenon of Exercise-Induced Orgasms
- Video: Google’s Straight-Out-of-Sci-Fi Augmented Reality Glasses
And don’t forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:
- The Best of the 2012 New York Auto Show
- How Activist Data Mining Is Penetrating the Veil Around Syria’s Bloody Conflict
- Nokia Lumia 900 Review: Bigger Is Not Always Better
- Crunching the Big Bang With the Greatest Supercomputer Ever Built
- The Internet Goes Local
- Video: ‘Smart Sand’ Could Self-Sculpt into Any Shape, Duplicating Objects Automatically