If you're one of those reluctant environmentalists, holding off on the solar panel array because it might make your home look like a NASA research base, help is on the way in the form of the Sphelar. Japan-based Kyosemi developed these next generation solar panels formed as tiny one millimeter silver spheres.

Because the Sphelar spheres are capable of capturing light from any direction, better solar energy retention is achieved and style conscious homeowners can now tell curious neighbors that the strange objects on the roof are merely the latest Frank Gehry trend. — Adario Strange

Kyosemi via DigitalWorldTokyo