This Week in the Future, October 26-30, 2009
This Week in the Future, October 26-30, 2009: BaarbarianWhat a week. A robot pathologist finds a victorious Japanese solar race cars in a cadaver. Cancer-immune mole rats smoke with impunity, while genetically engineered flowers scrub the air of pollutants. Sign me up for this future. Some of our favorite stories this week: A Japanese team wins the annual Global Green Challenge, crossing Australia in their solar car over four days Toyota plants carbon-scrubbing flowers outside their Prius plants A helmet-mounted radar for soldiers gives them 360-awareness of potential threats Scientists investigate further the curious case of the hideous mole rat, which seems to be immune to cancer And a robot pathologist performs ultra-precise autopsies all by itself Until next time. Enjoy our past weekly illustrated roundups here.