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Engineers at the University of Chicago have created a new kind of solar cell that efficiently converts atmospheric…
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Apple's got more than one patent devoted to solar powered devices, and today we've got yet another. Patently Apple…
Researchers at MIT have figured out how to create solar cells thin enough to be pasted onto sheets of paper, with an…
Jetyo's HDV-T900 solar-powered camcorder is probably not suitable for any nefarious nighttime activities you might…
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