This (Past) Week in the Future: September 21-25
The Future--what a place. A time more than a place, perhaps, but here at PopSci, a tangible thing. To wit: our future world where we'll sniff stem cells, control cyborg beetles and film HD video--all in space. Here, a glimpse of said future, as illustrated by some of the best stories of the week. Here's what we can all look forward to: We'll take HD video from space via hydrogen balloons whenever we feel like it. We'll snort stem cells to fix our brains, rather than opening our skulls with surgery We will finally get to remote-control a cyborg beetle in flight--if DARPA lets us We'll cower in shame at the inadequacy of our toy laser tag guns while NASA blasts one of their spacecraft with a giant beam from 250,000 miles And finally, we'll continue to welcome India to the club of space-faring nations...