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These Solar Grandmas are the Developing World's Newest Electrical Engineers
In Jehane Noujaim’s new film _Solar Momas_, she follows Indian philanthropist and businessman Sanjit “Bunker” Roy as he travels to some of the world’s most impoverished villages on a quest to find local grandmothers he can train as solar engineers. He...
Ana Tiwathia
2.22.12
Motherboard Blog

Self-Propelled Robots are Ready to Enter Your Bloodstream
In the future zapping a blod clot or intravenously administering drugs might be as simple as swallowing a microchip , and quite frankly, from the illustrated looks of things, it sort of resembles a space cruiser.
Ada Poon, an assistant professor at...
Lara Heintz
2.22.12
Art

Lucia No. 3 Is A Mind-Melting, Psychedelic Art Experience
Tweak your third eye with a vision-inducing light burst machine.
Kevin Holmes
2.22.12
Music

LAYERS: Sahy Uhns Dismantles The Sounds Of "Ice Plant / Newly Destitute"
We take a microscope to a song about invasive species and losing your home.
Abdullah Saeed
2.22.12
Sports

The League of Ireland Just Can’t Win
For teams in the League of Ireland, surviving is more impressive than winning.
Patrick Whittle
2.22.12
Motherboard Blog

MBTV: The Technological Disobedience of Ernesto Oroza
Apparently Cuban President Raul Castro is currently shaming the corrupt "by passing around confession videos" story of busted officials to the rest of the country's elite.
Derek Mead
2.22.12
Question Of The Day

What Would You Eat for Your Last Meal?
Lots of white girls.
VICE Staff
2.22.12
Motherboard Blog

Alain de Botton is on a Crusade to Make Atheism Smarter: An Interview
Steal the ideas of Buddhism's reincarnation, Catholism's confessions, and Islam's pilgrimage to Mecca, and combine them however you want to create your own jumbled yet customized guidelines for navigating in today's modern world. That's basically the...
Xavier Aaronson
2.22.12
Art

User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Dumb Eyes
Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Kathleen Flood
2.22.12
Music

Day Jobs - Eleven Pond
Eleven Pond is revolutionizing the jet engine and celebrity leather industries.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
2.22.12
Music

Josh Ritter's New Music Video Features Over 12,000 Pieces Of Paper
Prominent Figures’ animated tale looks pretty labor intensive.
Kevin Holmes
2.22.12
Music

With "Off the Wall," Yuksek Ventures Into Pop Territory [Music Video]
And no, it’s not a Michael Jackson cover.
The Creators Project
2.22.12
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