New Solar Panel DesignResearchers have been able to create a new type of plastic that can conduct electricity much the same way as indium tin oxide. Because of this innovative invention; they have been able to test and prove that this new type of plastic is a viable alternative to the old style solar panels. Not only is this modern plastic one way of producing low cost solar panels, they are also made out of organic products, which only help make them even more eco-friendly and green. This will not only appeal to those people who always figured that solar panels would cost them an arm and a leg; it will also appeal to those people who wish to preserve this planet that we all live on. Source: http://findportablesolarpower.com Solar-powered tablet PCDesigned in India, the $35 solar-powered tablet PC was developed by top talent from the local Institute of Technology. At a set price of a paltry 1,500 rupees ($35 USD), the Indian government hopes to lower that to $20, and eventually $10, and have it hit markets for 2011.Energy news: Around the world with solar powerEnergy news: The adventurer Bertrand Piccard will fly around the world without any fuel. His flight uses only power from suncells. The adventurer believes he can fly the plane some 23,000 miles in 15 days powered only by rays of sunlight. It requires clever engineering and really nice weather. Dr. Bertrand Piccard (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist.In 2004, he co-announced the energy news: a project for a solar-powered, long-range, one-seated glider named Solar Impulse. The project is dubbed "a great human adventure" in energy news. Piccard began the construction in 2007, and conducted short test flights in 2008. He has financial and technical backing from several European firms, so it looks as if the Solar Impulse will be a European craft, not a Swiss one. The plan is to circumnavigate the globe with several pilots in relay, flying above cloud cover during the day and at lower altitude at night sometime in 2011. He was born in Lausanne, Vaud canton. His grandfather Auguste Piccard and father, Jacques Piccard, were noted balloonists and inventors. Growing up in a ballooning and undersea-exploring family, Bertrand was always fascinated with flight. As a child, he was taken to the launch of several space flights from Cape Canaveral. He became a hang-glider pilot and developed an interest in ultra-light motorized flight, as well as the gas balloons his grandfather had set records in. He is a lecturer and supervisor at the Swiss Society for Medical Hypnosis. On 1 March 1999 Piccard and Brian Jones set off in the balloon Breitling Orbiter 3 from Château d'Oex in Switzerland on the first non-stop balloon circumnavigation around the globe. They landed in Egypt after a 45,755 kilometre flight lasting 19 days, 21 hours and 47 minutes. In recognition of this accomplishment, he received awards including the Harmon Trophy, the FAI Gold Air Medal and the Charles Green Salver. He is known for his flamboyant declarations, using expressions such as "the Invisible Hand" (la Main Invisible): * "I went in search of new ideas blowing in the wind, to try and live better on Earth in my roles as doctor and human being." * "Consciousness is perceiving one's soul." * "Welcome to those who believe in the power of dreams and who would like to join me in my exploration of life."(Wikipedia) Energy news: Solar impulse flight around the world |