The World Will End Around 2034

19 April 2005

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Well, this is hard to put gently, but the end is finally nigh according to Britain’s Times Online, which calims that Earth’s gravity may lure deadly asteroid: [No pic of killer skyrock, so here's what an unrealized future might have looked like]

A HUGE asteroid which is on a course to miss the Earth by a whisker in 2029 could go round its orbit again and score a direct …
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The Popular Future

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Earth Day 2008: Five Easy Steps To Save The World

In celebration of Earth Day 2008 (W00t! We survived another year!), here is the Portension guide for green living this year:
Step 1) Do Whatever Al Gore Tells You…

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Lover Pods Include Built-in Champagne Holders and Flat-Panel Video

The sleep pods of the future will take romance to a new level. Consider the red velour, the bottle of bubbling chilling, maybe even a virtual fireplace crackling on the 32-inch LCD — who wouldn’t be ready for love.

[via Gizmodo]
It’s also …

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Half-Man / Half-Robo-Killing-Machine: The Exoskeleton Soldier / Office Worker of The Future

The army of one just got a bit stronger thanks to Sarcos, who’s won a contract to deliver an exoskeleton to the military next year. Here’s a recent demo video that’s making the rounds (as seen on Engadget, Communist Robot, Wired …

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Friday Frivolity With Topless Power Rangers (NSFW)

Because Japanese pr0n is just so wierdly futuristic — it doesn’t matter that this video is ancient and has been making the viral rounds longer than the Bird Flu. Warning: bare breasts! Not safe for work.

Are you at home? Good. Enjoy Topless Power Rangers.

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