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The recipient of Popular Science’s 2007 Innovation of the Year is Nanosolar’s solar powersheet. This latest advance in solar technology is paper thin, powerful, and most importantly, cheap. With the new cells, solar energy would cost as little as 30 cents per watt, down from $3 per watt with conventional solar panels. The sheets are also flexible and thin enough to roll out onto rooftops, the sides of houses, and pretty much any surface paint can go on. This development, in conjunction with California’s Million Solar Roofs initiative, may be the final boost solar power needs to be a genuinely viable alternative energy source. [read about a futuristic Nano City]
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Culture-jammer StSanders strikes again with his re-interpretation of Kiss. This is perhaps his best ’shred’ video yet, and honestly, I’d probably like Gene Simmons and crew more if they actually sounded like this.
Back in the ’90s, just as the gangsta rap phenomenon was winding down and hip-hop was fragmenting into its own subgenres, Prince Paul and RZA kicked off the short-lived horrorcore fad with their group Gravediggaz. At the time, the melding of dark, gothic themes with hardboiled rap seemed gimmicky and awkward, a strange extension of the early and awful attempts to bridge hip-hop and metal, but on closer listen, the now defunct supergroup was way more innovative than they were given credit for. Using horror imagery, crazed and off-kilter rapping styles, and genuinely creepy beats to describe life on the streets, Gravediggaz created innovative, complex, expressive music that was macabre yet socially conscious.
As Internet-savvy as President-Elect Obama is, I wonder if he’s played the hilarious flash game, Super Obama World, a Super Mario-esque spoof in which Obama must defeat lipstick-sporting pigs and money-hungry lobbyists roaming around the icy tundras of Alaska while collecting flag pins.
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