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more about #solarenergy more comments → Heliophage: I didn't read the comments back when this post had an Apple Store reference, and now I fear those few minutes of entertainment are lost forever. :( I... more » 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 » MaWeiTao: These things are cool, but I'd say they're only feasible in the desert. I'm fairly certain those mirrors wont hold up to much abuse and any amount of ... more » -
#architecture
The Solar Decathlon Winner
This year's Solar Decathlon winner generates enough energy to power itself and two other homes. More » -
#solarenergy
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 » -
#imagecache
What Is This?
I thought they were some kind of radio dishes, until I noticed the shaeenee mirrors. Then I thought they were deadly antimatter rays in Area 51, created to defend us against alien hordes and their flying saucers. I was wrong. More » -
#goodvsevil
Space-Based Solar Panels May Be Used for Energy-Saving Good or Catastrophic Evil
A Californian power company is looking at launching giant, reflective solar panels into space to beam clean energy back to us on Earth. But the tech was originally designed for Bond-villain-like weather control. More » -
#toys
Solar-Charged Monkey Toy Amuses Only Other Monkeys
This solar-charged monkey toy that uses solar energy to climb the rope, hand over hand, is probably the first of its kind that we've seen. More » -
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#solarenergy
Foldable Solar Panels Could Be Up To 80% Efficient
Researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory have designed a lightweight, foldable solar panel design which they predict will function at 80% efficiency (the best solar panel prototypes operate at about 40%). The researchers' secret is the implementation of nanoantennas, which have the ability to absorb not only light, but heat from the sun as well. More » -
#designconcept
Navitas Bicycle Trailer Cranks Out the Power Every Which Way
British designer Paul Smith created an energy triple play with Navitas, a bike trailer design concept that generates power three ways. You charge up its onboard 24-volt battery as you tow it behind a bicycle. When you reach your overnight destination, use its quick release mechanism to detach the trailer from the bicycle, and then you convert the trailer's wheel into a wind turbine that also collects solar energy with its small photovoltaic array. More »
