Here's What's Awesome: Prayer Energy, Roomba Art

This week's edition of Here's What's Awesome seems quite householdy - I guess working in the garden and trying to fix up the house geared me toward green, domestic awesome links. Just be thankful I didn't run across any stories about Saturday afternoon reruns, I guess. "University researchers have discovered that Urkel can power up to 16,000 homes..."

The power of prayer
And I mean that literally. We've heard about energy coming from chickens, cows, trees, dancing, subway commuters, and some things I'm not brave enough to mention in public. Now, Tibetan prayer wheels can make electricity from its kinetic energy. At this rate it won't be long until we find ways to harness energy from slackers - when there's light to be had from a guy ordering a pizza or watching YouTube, the energy crisis is over. [Inhabitat]

The floor is clean - but is it art?
The latest trend in photography (aside from the return of Polaroids)? Following a robotic Roomba vacuum around the house and catching its light trail in a long-exposure shot. And it's not only artistic, it lets you know whether the robot actually got to those hard-to-reach places or not! [Wired]

Mission: Genesis - er, Seedbomb
Wrath of Khan fans, your dreams are coming true, only they're coming to your planet (and without Ricardo Montalban, sorry). Mission: Seedbomb is a plan to restore deforested lands by dropping tree "bombs" from an airplane! The plants are kept inside a biodegradable soil container, which acts as a sort of nourishing egg until the plants are big enough to make it on their own. Drop enough of them in an arid landscape and it turns green again? Maybe. But if it doesn't work, at least you can still yell out "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" [Inhabitat]

Now it's your turn: share an awesome link in the comments. If it's about Urkel, so much the better.

(Photo courtesy The Wandering Angel via Flickr/Creative Commons)