This Week in the Future, March 22-26, 2010
Aww, look at the cute robot-wrestler couple, out cruising on their robot date. He's using his new-found touchscreen manipulation skills to find the restaurant, while she pilots them GM's prototype pod-car. Meanwhile, her thoughts are literally legible on her face, and the benevolent overlords of DARPA watch over us all. Welcome to the future. This week's future news: GM Presents Your Future Two-Wheeled Electric Ride for the City Video: Robot Finger Tests and Ranks Smartphone Touchscreen Performance The Best Robo-One Vids: Combat, Carnage and At Least One Jacko Tribute Cracking the Poker Face: Your Eyes Betray the Numbers on Your Mind DARPA Bounces Smart Radar Off Buildings to Track Individual Urban Vehicles From the Sky Meanwhile, leave a comment (any comment) to put your name in the pile to win this image on a T-shirt; we'll randomly choose and announce our winner right here. And, if you just can't wait that long, you can buy the shirt for...