Pliable Solar Cells on a Roll

klevin writes "New Scientist is running a story on someone else who's developed thin, flexible, photovoltaic cells: 'The thin and bendy solar panels can be stuck to fabrics, sheets or backpacks and promise a go-anywhere electricity supply.' Whatever happened to those sheets of solar cells that some university here in the US developed several years back? As I remember, the concept was that they could be draped across roof-tops and whatnot. Never heard anything after that." We had post about solar building clothing last year.

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But what will the Terrorist implications be?

[ravenspear]

With this kind of ultra portable power source, wouldn't it be easier to operate more destructive equipment in the field?

I mean to me this sounds almost as dangerous as amateur rockets. Thank goodness the ATF already banned those.