05-28-2024, 07:43 PM
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar...52475.html
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(Source: Exeger / Above article)
Every six seconds, in a factory on the northern fringes of Stockholm, a top secret printer is spewing out sheets worth thousands of euros apiece. Each one contains 108 miniature solar cells that will soon find their way into everyday gadgets – from keyboards to headphones – that will fundamentally change how we interact with technology. According to their creator, they will even force us to rethink our relationship with light.
Sweden may seem an unlikely location for a solar revolution, but the lack of light during the winter months was one of the reasons for Exeger co-founder Giovanni Fili to look beyond the Sun as the sole source of power for a photovoltaic cell. His company’s breakthrough tech can harvest electricity from virtually any light source, from direct sunlight to candlelight. It can even generate a charge from moonlight, though it would take a while for it to be of much use.
Since I'm in a country that's famous for not being especially sunny, I'm naturally skeptical of any claims that solar tech could replace batteries. But if this can operate from candlelight (or even moonlight), then we might be able to get some use from it.
Maybe my phone could have one
?
(Source: Exeger / Above article)
Every six seconds, in a factory on the northern fringes of Stockholm, a top secret printer is spewing out sheets worth thousands of euros apiece. Each one contains 108 miniature solar cells that will soon find their way into everyday gadgets – from keyboards to headphones – that will fundamentally change how we interact with technology. According to their creator, they will even force us to rethink our relationship with light.
Sweden may seem an unlikely location for a solar revolution, but the lack of light during the winter months was one of the reasons for Exeger co-founder Giovanni Fili to look beyond the Sun as the sole source of power for a photovoltaic cell. His company’s breakthrough tech can harvest electricity from virtually any light source, from direct sunlight to candlelight. It can even generate a charge from moonlight, though it would take a while for it to be of much use.
Since I'm in a country that's famous for not being especially sunny, I'm naturally skeptical of any claims that solar tech could replace batteries. But if this can operate from candlelight (or even moonlight), then we might be able to get some use from it.
Maybe my phone could have one
?
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