Since being founded January 6, 2000, the Music Genome Project staff has analyzed tens of thousands of individual songs and classified them for characteristics ranging from vocals (male or female) to the most subtle tones, harmonies and instrumentation.  These efforts led to the creation of Pandora Radio.  Asking for LCD Soundsystem begets Phonique for the "male vocals and tight kick sound" or you can ask the system to shift gears and play something different.  Tell it you want Will Oldham mixed in, and now you are enjoying some Sea and Cake ("minor key tonality, subtle use of fender rhodes" - its that much smarter than us).  Create multiple stations - Out Hud plus Royksopp gives birth to Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herron Band.  Now, you can add your Pandora playlist to Facebook, to Sprint mobile phones, and even create an entire wireless home theater using products by Sonos and Logitech.

 

 

Google announced yesterday that it has partnered with the X Prize Foundation to offer $30 million to the first private group that is able to launch a manned mission to the moon.  Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are certainly at work on writing a new constitution for the future citizens of the moon.