Film du Jour: Green Graduation Cap

Aw, recent college graduates. Aren't they adorable? They're younger than you, they're prettier than you, they believe in things, they can drink more than you, and they will steal your jobs. Take, for example, this recent Cal grad who created an awesome solar-powered graduation cap. But it's not just any solar-powered cap; it's a sustainable, green cap. According to Daily Clog's Christine Borden -- congratulations on the big day, Christine; you will be missed deeply! -- this chapeau comes "complete with grass paper (astroturf probably causes global warming or something), a solar panel, a wind turbine, a small house and a mechanical rising sun."

The hat's creator, Roland Saekow, says that "while not true generation, it helps to demonstrate renewable energy at least." Saekow, who majored in Product Design through the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Berkeley, hopes to work on "green sustainable products" in the future

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So the guy majored in Product Design. Do they actually teach the "design" part at Berkley? Because that thing is hideous. Oh wait, I forgot this is America, the application of taste is done by Europeans and South Americans.

I think that young man really did something outstanding there.

And it's a good thing, too, 'cause in this job market he's gonna have to live in that thing for the next two years.

Are you serious? He put some crap from Radio Shack on some astroturf. The bar is so low here. It's Berkley though.

He was at Maker Faire with his hat. He looked like a high school student to me. He did not have the most unusual hat of this group of geeks.

I always wanted to know what an asshat was.

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