Spheral Solar Technology Approaching Reality

CactusMan writes: "A technology previously owned by Texas Instruments and then Ontario Hydro, Spheral Solar Technology is 'a low-cost alternative [to conventional solar cell technologies] involving flexible, lightweight solar cells comprised of thousands of tiny silicon spheres in an aluminum foil, which can be "formed and applied to virtually any curved or flat surface."' Automated Tooling Systems has just received $29.5 million (Canadian) to bring the technology to commercial viability. Read the article here or go directly to the Spheral site."

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the not so distant future

[DopeThrone]

wife: "honey, shut the computer down, the power meter's at low" husband: "christ, i just bought a fusion power plant too, and i was gonna blow it up and reak havoc all over my city" wife: "well your the damn moron who spent all his money on these stupid solar power cells"