Solar Power Using Hair May Solve World Energy Problems
Posted by Chris DeMarco on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
A teenager in Nepal has invented a solar panel using hair instead of silicon that costs less than $40 to make. Not only is this new technology remarkable simply from its use of materials, but it may also hold the answer to solving the world’s energy problems.
The solar panel produces 9 V (18 W) of energy, which can charge a mobile phone or a pack of batteries capable of providing light all evening.
Read more at Mail Online on the original article here.
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Solar Power is so cool. it is clean and renewable energy. when the cost of solar panels goes down, i think every home should be owning a mini solar power station.
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:16 pm