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MIT Making Super Efficient Origami Solar Panels

Posted by timothy on from the leaping-frogs-would-be-cool dept.

ByronScott writes "Could the next solar panels be in the shapes of origami cranes? They could be if MIT power engineering professor Jeffrey Grossman has his say. Standard flat solar panels are only optimized to capture sunlight at one point of the sun's trajectory — otherwise they need automated tracking systems to follow the sun. But Grossman found that folded solar cell systems could produce constant power throughout the day sans tracking and his new designs are up to two and a half times more efficient per comparative length and width than traditional flat arrays."

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  1. Hand made? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can only use your hands for oragami. No tools are allowed.

    1. Re:Hand made? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Why do white women tan?

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      Ezekiel 23:20
    2. Re:Hand made? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Why do white women tan?

      If white men overwhelmingly preferred the women of another race, you'd have a point. But you don't. Nice try.

      I think it's not that black men like white women so much. Have you met many black women? Most look and act like they grew up in boot camp and eat military drills for breakfast. Severe, unforgiving, far too serious, and very demanding compared to anything they're willing to do for you. I think battle-hardened soldiers are more easygoing and have a better sense of humor. And that's the more ordinary black women, not the ghetto bitches who bob their heads side to side while snapping their fingers in everyone's faces. What's with that anyway, don't they realize how stupid it looks?

      Most men of any color don't want to put up with that. Why put up with that bullshit when better choices are available? Don't get me wrong, the black women that are sweethearts are really great, but that's rare. Very rare. Even more rare if you exclude the ones who are obese because obesity doesn't do anything for you in terms of attractiveness.