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“Pocket Solar Factory” Could Reduce Small-Scale Solar Panel Prices

Benji Jerew — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:31:02 +0000

For the most part, solar panels in calculators, cell-phone chargers, emergency radios, and the like, are a task done by hand. Individual silicon solar chips, about 0.5V capacity, are broken on score lines by hand from a larger chip, and then assembled and soldered by hand to achieve whatever voltage and configuration required for the […]

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Let The Wind Blow: Shawn Frayne's Aeroelastic Electricity Maker

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:24:01 +0000

This guy invented a device which uses a simple plastic belt to vibrate from wind blowing and generate a significant amount of electricity for its size. It is 10 times cheaper than regular electricity, more easy to build than a standard wind mill and much, much smaller. The belt vibrates and moves a magnet placed […]

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