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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:31 am | |
| From this post.Moving on! | |
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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:33 am | |
| I don't think it's possible to make a transparent solar panel though. What they did was just a concentrator, to (refract, reflect) [not sure] the light from its surface to the edges. Which is very handy actually, it opens up a lot of opportunities for practical applications. | |
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HelLeahborus
Posts : 13 Join date : 2014-08-31 Age : 29 Location : Manchester, UK
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:36 am | |
| I wasn't particularly accurate with my summary admittedly, it had been a while since I read the article. However, if they manage to get them up to even 5% efficiency, a clear concentrator would easily out compete traditional solar panels. | |
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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:54 am | |
| Well, they did make a trade-off to have that transparency. They had to give up a good range in the light spectrum. So... I have no idea how they can possibly get over that. They probably will, we'll just have to wait. Just imagine solar-paneled windows on skyscrapers | |
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HelLeahborus
Posts : 13 Join date : 2014-08-31 Age : 29 Location : Manchester, UK
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:19 pm | |
| I literally cannot wait for that. I'm so sick of people shooting science down because it's inconvenient for them to help make a difference. | |
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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:26 pm | |
| Wait, what? In which cases do these 'shooting down' happen? On other news, I'm also really excited for Optical Transistors and Graphene. | |
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HelLeahborus
Posts : 13 Join date : 2014-08-31 Age : 29 Location : Manchester, UK
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:58 pm | |
| One prime example I can think of is investing in solar energy instead of coal-but because coal is more convenient we keep polluting the atmosphere instead of trying to reverse the destruction we've caused by generating renewable energy. | |
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ScienceSarah
Posts : 13 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 23 Location : Trinidad
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 2:22 pm | |
| That's how it is :-/ but some people don't even know very much so they aren't interested in looking for alternatives That's why it's up to science peeps to spread knowledge on the topic | |
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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:30 pm | |
| Money talks.
Anyway, have you guys seen the kickstarter for the solar panel roadways? comments? | |
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ScienceSarah
Posts : 13 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 23 Location : Trinidad
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:19 pm | |
| Did not know about it until you mentioned it Nev, but from a quick google search it sounds pretty awesome Will do more reading on it | |
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Sixthhokage1
Posts : 54 Join date : 2014-08-30 Age : 28 Location : Fort Worth, TX
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:36 pm | |
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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:35 pm | |
| Exactly. It sounds so idealistic. And it doesn't seem practical to risk having delicate panels on roadways. | |
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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:31 am | |
| So... Water on Mars and Europa? | |
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Nev
Posts : 47 Join date : 2014-08-27 Age : 31 Location : Philippines
| Subject: Re: Current Events, Trivia, and stuff. Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:12 am | |
| On Solar panels... an update from IEEE. link | |
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