This Week in the Future: September 28-October 2, 2009
Cyborg monkeys surf on OLED pickles. Ships emit slime, and our own Mikey Sklar's Benz runs on vegetable oil. And a knife-wielding, thought-controlled robot still can't conquer Japan. This is the Future. Some of our favorite stories this week: Warships of the future may emit a lubricating slime from their hulls to glide through water with less resistance, increasing speed and fuel efficiency And speaking of slime, our resident DIY guru Mikey Sklar's 1984 diesel Benz runs on vegetable oil. Here's how he converted it. An MIT scientist artfully demonstrates how organic LEDs work by making one out of a good ol' kosher dill. Japan's Robo-One competition features, among many other 'bots, one that's controlled via neural signals and stabs with a knife Monkeys have already moved cyborg arms with their minds, but now they're doing it WIRELESSLY thanks to a new implant created in...