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Doing useful work with the photoelectric effect
« on: May 03, 2013, 10:08:57 pm »
YAHOO!    The twenty second century A.D. has arrived.   
Mankind is finally starting to put Einstein's photoelectric effect to work.    Let the next industrial revolution begin.    Let's do it with locomotion.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/05/solar-impulse-2/
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Re: Doing useful work with the photoelectric effect
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2013, 08:40:57 am »
It's an encoreging start  :) but, lot's of development is still required to get the solar panels efficiency, weight to power ratio up...  ??? getting a 747 in the air solar wise, certenly not this side of 2020.  :P
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