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Invisible Solar Nano Cells Promise Clean Energy
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is reporting that Harvard scientists have developed a silicon nanowire 200 hundred times thinner than a human hair that crank out up to 200 picowatts. Charles Leiber from Harvard University, who devised the technology with colleagues, is quoted: "An individual nanoelectronic device will indeed consume very little power, but to do something interesting will require many interconnected devices and thus the power requirement — even for nanosystems — can be a challenge". Conventional sources, he added, are "bulky, non-renewable and expensive" by comparison."
I'd be 95 cents short of a dollar.
what's sad is that this was discovered in the attempt to create a more life like toupe;P
"...Charles Leiber and colleagues at Harvard University, have devised a 'silicon nanowire' that can convert light into electrical energy.... ...Two hundred billionths of a watt may not seem much, but at nanoscale it is enough to provide a steady output of electricity to run ultralow power electronics, including some that could be worn on -- or even inside -- the body. "
Erm, how bright is the inside of a body!?
AT&ROFLMAO
Where is the promise that this will be commercialized in a few years and we can paint our houses with it? What kind of solar article is this?
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"Invisible" "Solar" "Nano" "Cells" ... "Clean Energy"
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