This could be the best solution to the dilemma of window coverings — especially if you live in an apartment with floor-to-ceiling windows. Designers from Kennedy & Violich Architecture of Boston, Massachusetts have developed an energy-yielding textile that uses thin, solar cells to harness the sun's energy...
Still not as efficient as flat solar panels, the flexible solar textile should improve quickly as technology advances. Via: Gadget Lab.
Originally posted by Aaron on AT:NY.
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Comments (2)
doh! this is one of those moments where i would say, why didn't i think of that?! great idea! i'm wondering how they will get the energy to batteries or back into the system. will have to research and find out more.
Great idea. But if it's not as efficient as flat panels, why not have it in a sort of blind structure? Ok, it would look like an International Space Station project when you deployed... er, pulled the shades, but my husband would go for that. Hmm... I wonder if anyone's patented that yet...