2014
The solar panels of the future could be grown from bacteria - Quartz
by sbrothier
One day we could have conductive materials that grow, evolve, and self-repair. Researchers at MIT have taken the first steps to creating them. A new study (paywall) describes “living materials” that combine bacterial cells with nonliving materials that can conduct electricity and emit different colors of light. The study is just a proof-of-concept, but researchers say that future applications could include cheaper, more efficient solar panels and biosensors.
2013
2011
2009
Total Surface Area Required to Fuel the World With Solar
by Xavier Lacot
A small essay for computing which area of the earth should be covered with solar panels for covering the whole needs of the humanity.
2008
Solar - A short film by Ian Wharton & Edward Shires
by sbrothier
Solar is a short animated film by graduate creatives Ian Wharton and Edward Shires. A tale of the sun, moon and two characters who inhabit a planet that relies on day and night perhaps more than it would seem.
2007
HelioVolt - Solar Power. From the Ground Up - Home
by springnet
HelioVolt’s FASST™ technology produces high-performance solar thin-film with pioneering time and materials efficiencies. 10 to 100 times faster than current processes. 100 times thinner than traditional silicon.
Technology Review: Making Cheaper Solar Cells
by springnet
Powered by $77 million in new investment, startup Heliovolt, based in Austin, TX, will build a factory next year for mass-producing a new type of solar cell that could, in much of the United States, make solar electricity as cheap as electricity from the
Lighthousesolar: Contacts
by springnet
Lighthousesolar 2438 30th Street Boulder, Colorado 80301 (303) 638 4562
Solio - Portable Hybrid Solar Charger
by springnet
cool flash app with photos that you can click on and expand... also a cool solar charger for your phone, ipod or laptop
