If eighteen-year-old Milan Karki doesn’t turn out to be the next Tesla or Edison, then I’ll chop off my locks. This kid invented a solar panel which uses human hair as a conductor and could solve an energy crisis. As a teenager in a rural village in Nepal, Milan Karki knows just how desperately developing countries need an affordable, renewable energy source. But rather than whine about the availability of electricity or the cost of batteries, he sat down and came up with a solution: Low-cost solar panels with human hair conductors. Solar energy isn’t anything new, but solar panels themselves can be pricey to produce due to using silicon. Karki solved the cost issue by using human hair instead since it turns out that Melanin, a color pigment in hair, is a good conductor

There is history between geeks and facial hair . See: 1978. The very first staff photo of Microsoft includes several bearded members totaling 7 out of 9 men, mostly programmers. And I presume it wasn’t 8 out of 9 because young Bill Gates looks incapable of sprouting much at this time. (The talented female programmer on the bottom center of the photo, Andrea Lewis, was respectfully left out of this count.) Snopes.com explains the photo was used in a email chain that went around asking if people would have invested money with such odd looking folks. Apple’s geeks have had a relationship with their mustaches, too.

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We were teased with a shot of the kinetically-powered Ulysse Nardin Chairman smartphone earlier this month , but now the wraps are off—and what we are left with is truly one unique device. Known for their watchmaking, the Ulysse Nardin has the mechanical intricacy you would expect along with a 2.8-inch multitouch screen, 5-megapixel camera, biometric fingerprint unlocking, WiFi and an email browser. It also sucks supplemental power into the battery by harvesting kinetic energy from the revolving rotor on the back. The phone is currently on display at the Baselworld watch and jewelery expo and will be available, I’m assuming, sometime in the near future for a completely absurd price. [ Uncells ]

Yeah, we’d seen those fine mechanical workings from the back , but Ulysse Nardin has just taken the wraps of its entire Chairman handset, which they bill as a “hybrid smart phone” — and actually seem to mean it. Ulysse Nardin surprisingly hasn’t skimped on specs here, with a 2.8-inch multitouch screen, finger print reader for phone unlock, 5 megapixel camera, WiFi and the inclusion of an email app and a browser. There’s also that fancy kinetic rotor system for passive charging of the phone, but no word on how much battery life that will actually get you. Ulysse Nardin is currently showing off the phone in Rose Gold, Rose Gold & Blue, Rose Gold & Steel, Stealth Black and Steel & Blue trims, so there should be plenty of options to set you apart from your other billionaire friends. The device is currently on display at BASELWORLD; no word on price, but if you have to ask… [Thanks, Stefan I.] Gallery: Ulysse Nardin Chairman “hybrid smart phone” unveiled Filed under: Cellphones Ulysse Nardin Chairman “hybrid smart phone” unveiled originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:42:00 EST

If you’ve already seen the Battlestar Galactica finale last friday, great! Didn’t you love when Lee Adama and Baltar had a “whose hair is cooler” contest? Here’s a roundup of io9’s coverage. Some spoilers follow. • Grace Park answers some questions (Slight spoilers, but silly fun) • The DVD version will have some extra scenes (Slight spoilers) • The BSG finale you didn’t see (Major spoilers) • Final episode review (Yes spoilers!) • All of BSG’s sex scenes (Hey hey!) • 12 plotholes that should have been filled in the finale • The truth about Daniel (Slight spoilers) • Battlestar Galactica at the UN • 5 BSG spinoffs they’d like to see

Laugh all you want. But there’s a balding guy reading this right now who can’t help but to hear the whole pitch. (I’m with you, buddy! Let’s do this!) You’ve tried pills. (ICK!) You’ve tried topical treatments. (OUCH!) You’ve even tried sacrificing your first child to Aphrodite in hopes of a hair blessing. (OOPS!) Now, for just $90 (that’s just ten payments of under $10) you can regrow the hair on top of your head (or anywhere else!)