Researchers have created a new type of solar energy cell that uses the corneas of blowflies as the primary method of gathering light for conversion into electricity.
Meanwhile those brilliant eggheads at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – who previously brought us such wonders as the Internet and the Global Positioning System – have developed a new technology that turns humans into batteries for powering gadgets like cellphones (but for now is being considered primarily for use in the military). Thankfully, artificial intelligence has yet to arise that would no doubt enslave us to the Matrix.
Elsewhere in the world, the concept of the In Vitro Meat Habitat has recently been introduced. There’s really no other way to put it: this is a house made out of meat.
And while you are lounging in your living room of liverwurst, what more fitting attire than clothing grown from bacteria...
