JusBringIt
02-28-2009, 10:01 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg New Way to Capture the Sun-Video (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/12/12/phillips.eod.retina.power.cnn)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Concentrated_Solar_Power.jpg
Ricardo Bowlin - CleanMpg (www.cleanmpg.com) – Feb 28, 2009
With green discoveries made everyday, we will be Oil free before we know it...we hope --Ed.
Professor Andrew Barrens, of the Nano-Technology team at Rice University was trying to develop an artificial retina for a medical application when he ran into an issue. If he did not solve this issue, all that remained was a solar cell.
The retina, Prof. Barrens said is a very efficient design for capturing photons. These light absorbing rods designed after the retina is a lot more rugged than your typical solar panels. Typical solar panels are very brittle and have to be handled gently. A gander at the video will show you the flexibility of the small solar cell developed by Prof. Barrens.
This research was being done on a very small scale as it is supposed to fit into the human eye so Large scale development is a challenge that will take time.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Concentrated_Solar_Power.jpg
Ricardo Bowlin - CleanMpg (www.cleanmpg.com) – Feb 28, 2009
With green discoveries made everyday, we will be Oil free before we know it...we hope --Ed.
Professor Andrew Barrens, of the Nano-Technology team at Rice University was trying to develop an artificial retina for a medical application when he ran into an issue. If he did not solve this issue, all that remained was a solar cell.
The retina, Prof. Barrens said is a very efficient design for capturing photons. These light absorbing rods designed after the retina is a lot more rugged than your typical solar panels. Typical solar panels are very brittle and have to be handled gently. A gander at the video will show you the flexibility of the small solar cell developed by Prof. Barrens.
This research was being done on a very small scale as it is supposed to fit into the human eye so Large scale development is a challenge that will take time.