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Microscopic Solar Cells Could See More Sunlight

Crystalline Silicon Another advantage of the small cell size is that it should be much easier to produce it using crystalline silicon for greater... (read full comment)  

Posted on January 5, 2010 at 4:56 PM EST

Laser Sensors for Wind Turbines

Wind Shear Detection This sounds like an ideal tool for supplementing the existing technology used to detect dangerous wind shear conditions that... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 8, 2008 at 10:44 PM EST

Renault Bets on Electric Vehicles

Supplement All-Electric with I.C. Generator I could see myself in one of these all-electric vehicles - a 160 to 200 km range would be plenty for... (read full comment)  

Posted on October 9, 2008 at 9:48 AM EDT

More-Efficient OLED Lighting

Take advantage of the internal reflection Why not take advantage of the fact that "... Typically, the light in the substrate is internally... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 23, 2008 at 11:22 AM EDT

A Cool Trick for Solar Cells

Complementary manufacturing It is surprising that IBM would make a comment that they "don't plan to make [concentrated photovoltaic] systems",... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 16, 2008 at 5:21 AM EDT

Turning Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

CO2 into Plastic Remember we had the recent article about turning Carbon Dioxide into Plastics : http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19697/ ... (read full comment)  

Posted on December 17, 2007 at 7:16 AM EST

Carbon-Dioxide Plastic Gets Funding

Closed Energy Cycle Although the biodegradability of the aliphatic polycarbonates indicates weak links in the carbon chain and hence a low energy... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 14, 2007 at 9:06 AM EST

Brain Implants to Restore Vision

Address Neurons with Nanowire Grid To help get around Thomas Serre's comment that "neurons in the LGN may be spaced too closely ... to be... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 26, 2007 at 2:41 AM EDT

TR10: Nanohealing

Surgeons operate through it Does this mean that it would applied in a layer to the outside of the skin, and incisions for the surgery would... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 13, 2007 at 2:53 AM EDT

Organic LEDs Shine Invisibly

Enemy Snipers So what is to stop the "enemy snipers" using their own night vision goggles to see the light emitted by these displays ? (read full comment)  

Posted on January 30, 2007 at 1:15 AM EST

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