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2009-09-09 Science

Teenager invents £23 solar panel that could be solution to developing world's energy needs ..

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Posted by tipper 2009-09-09 03:25|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Good for him ! I hope it takes off

Posted by Oscar 2009-09-09 06:25|| 2009-09-09 06:25|| Front Page Top

#2 one major problem here is that the device uses lots of human (or I guess animal) hair

hair wears out so you would have to replace the human hair in each solar cell every year or so

yuk

Posted by lord garth 2009-09-09 08:59|| 2009-09-09 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Snap! Obviously, the hydrinos in the melanin interact with the dark energy field that is a major factor in levitation techniques commonly used in that part of the world. It's great to see the young folk showing a deep understanding of how 21st century green science is best practiced.

Posted by KBK 2009-09-09 09:37|| 2009-09-09 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh god if things are not bad enough. Now tree huggers will be crying about how poor women and kid are exploited for their hair and, like owning a prius, women in the US will shave their head as a statement. But on the bright side it just might get the granola's to shave!

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-09-09 10:57|| 2009-09-09 10:57|| Front Page Top

#5 brilliant!! way to go kid, Nepal needs this kind of innovation, as do many other very poor countries, Ie Mindanao,Honduras,sierra leone,etc, etc. cuts the big man (energy conglomerates) out of the picture, poor babies......

Posted by 746 2009-09-09 11:18|| 2009-09-09 11:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Another problem is Muz-limbs consider cutting hair to be haram (see tales of Taliban blowing up barbershops). This eliminates them from another 21st century technology.

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-09-09 11:25|| 2009-09-09 11:25|| Front Page Top

#7 good to keep those talibs in the stone age where they like it best.

Posted by 746 2009-09-09 11:57|| 2009-09-09 11:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Have they made one that works at night?

Posted by crosspatch 2009-09-09 12:09|| 2009-09-09 12:09|| Front Page Top

#9 would that be like cold fusion....

Posted by 746 2009-09-09 19:50|| 2009-09-09 19:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Let's see. The solar constant is about 120 W/m^2; that panel is maybe 1/4 of a square meter. He claims 18 W output, and the record efficiency is claimed to be 43%. Even if I'm generous and say the panel is 1/3 of a square meter, he's still claiming record efficiencies. I'm not sure what the mechanism is supposed to be for turning photons into moving electrons... he cites Hawking but I haven't seen that book.

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