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more about #humanhair more comments → ripfire: Sorry blondes. Brunettes only. more » anon: I was waffling on whether or not this was a hoax, so I did some Googling. I found this article entitled "Semiconductor Properties of Natural Melanins... more » acuraboytl: Interesting to note, conductivity has only been attained in subjects with high concentrations of Eumelanin (Black and Brown), so this would only work ... more » CaesarDia: I am horrified that Gizmodo has published this article verbatim, without even questioning the basic science behind this "invention". If hair were a go... more » theimmc: Erm.. Solar Green is People? more » anon: Wow! Next thing you know, they'll be generating heat from regular old wood. more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Hw Sn Frncsc wll srvv th pcl more » maztec: What is the efficiency? Four times cheaper, but just how much energy is put out by it? more » appletoad: I just realised that this kid is recycling Edison's discovery that led him to use hair in his first working light bulb. more » Mason Ice: We will all be bald but we will have cheap energy. I guess that is why so many people in futuristic movies have no hair. more » Weihovah: hair is not a renewable resource for everyone more » appletoad: Rosa, maybe you can use this tech to charge your laptop battery, you might be able to completely avoid plugging into the mains! [I mean this in the ni... more » Walljasper: The next time I get my belly/back wax or have other manscaping performed around gooch gulch, I shall put aside the hairs for this worthy cause. Pounds. more » -
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Forget Silicon, This Teenager's Solar Panel Uses Human Hair as a Conductor
If eighteen-year-old Milan Karki doesn't turn out to be the next Tesla or Edison, then I'll chop off my locks. This kid invented a solar panel which uses human hair as a conductor and could solve an energy crisis. More »
