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Solar energy sounds like a dream, but buying and installing the equipment necessary to harness the power of the Sun can be expensive. But what if you could print your own solar panels?
The researchers at Australia's Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) — a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne, Monash University and industry partners — have managed to print photovoltaic cells the size of an A3 sheet of paper.
"There are so many things we can do with cells this size. We can set them into advertising signage, powering lights and other interactive elements. We can even embed them into laptop cases to provide backup power for the machine inside," said CSIRO materials scientist, Dr. Scott Watkins.
These cells produce 10-50 watts of power per m2, and could be used to laminate the windows of skyscrapers, giving them an additional source of power. Or they could be printed onto materials such as steel, meaning they could be embedded into roofs of buildings.
Photovoltaic cells — the building blocks of solar panels — have been printed before, but the printing process was different.
For their printable solar cells, the VICOSC team used photovoltaic ink, a $200,000 printer, and techniques similar to those you'd use "if you were screen printing an image on to a t-shirt."
One of the most important aspects of this approach, claims Watkins, is accessibility. "We're developing our processes to be able to use these existing printing technologies so that the barrier to entry for manufacturing these new printed solar cells is as low as possible," he said.
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Whether he knew it or not, President Obama created a brand new industry when he signed the JOBS act into law on April 5th. Up until now, it’s been illegal for private businesses to offer equity to anyone other than accredited investors in exchange for funding. As a result, crowdfunding sites (like Kickstarter and Indiegogo) and the investment seekers that use them have been restricted to giving gimmicky thank you gifts and pre-selling new products in exchange for donations. Although this method of fundraising has proven successful for many artists, charities, and startups, the payback for the people who are giving away their money has been limited to cheap schwag and a few new toys.
The passing of the JOBS Act is about to change all of that. Once the rules are in place early next year, private businesses and startups will be able to use crowdfunding to give equity to investors who will get an actual monetary return instead of a sticker or T-shirt. This shift is expected to attract a huge influx of capital from regular Joes looking for better ways to invest than what is currently being offered by the stock market or the meager 0.5 percent interest from savings accounts.
Fred Wilson, co-founder of the venture capital firm Union Square Ventures (which has invested in Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, and Zynga), predicts that once it gets up and running, the equity crowdfunding market will reach $300 billion and will be largely driven by families and individuals investing a small percentage of their assets via crowdfunding. As a point of comparison, a study from Crowdsourcing.org reports that about $1.5 billion was raised from 452 crowdfunding platforms in 2011.
The opportunity to cash in on this new industry by creating “next generation” equity crowdfunding platforms is substantial. Hungry tech entrepreneurs are scrambling to get out in front of this imminent boon; and the market is poised for saturation. To help you keep track of all the happenings in this space, here is a an overview of ten existing platforms that may be getting into the equity game, as well as the status of the newcomers that have been popping up daily.
Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com
Kickstarter: With more than 63,000 projects and $250 million in pledges raised, Kickstarter has emerged as a leader in the current crowdfunding craze. There has been a lot of buzz about whether they will start helping their users offer equity to investors once the new rules are in place. But in a recent interview with GigaOm, founder Perry Chan stated that Kickstarter is “not interested in that model.”
Indiegogo www.indiegogo.com
Indiegogo: Like Kickstarter, Indiegogo is a popular crowdfunding platform that recently raised $15 million in Series A funding. The company claims that this is the largest funding round of any crowdfunding platform to date. Indiegogo was a supporter of the JOBS Act, and founder Slava Rubin told TechCrunch that the company may very well decide to open up the platform to equity transactions in the future.
Fundable www.fundable.com
Fundable: Founded by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter and just launched in May, Fundable is currently running a rewards-based funding platform while also offering accredited investors the opportunity to invest in small business for equity. Schroter plans to fully open the gates as an equity platform once the new law has been implemented.
Crowdfunder www.crowdfunder.com
Crowdfunder: This Los Angeles-based company, which also launched in May, has taken a different approach to waiting out the JOBS Act rules before it can start offering equity through the site. Companies can apply to raise funds and users can vote on those they would invest in without any transactions actually taking place. As of the end of May, nearly 2,000 companies had signed up with crowdfunders pledging $17 million in investments. Crowdfunder is also holding a series of contests in cities around the country where local businesses are judged by a panel of investors and compete for $25,000 in funding. The first event, called Crowdstart LA, took place on May 22nd and elicited over 700 submissions.
EarlyShares www.earlyshares.com
EarlyShares: In an effort to raise awareness about the JOBS Act and educate consumers about its benefits, EarlyShares recently announced a U.S. tour, hitting 24 cities in 24 weeks on a Nationwide Educational Roadshow. The company is also co-sponsoring Techweek Launch, a startup competition that offers one winner up to $100,000 in cash and prizes. Although the company claims to be “the premiere Portal for Equity Based Crowdfunding” they say they can’t list real companies on the site and are only taking pre-registrations.
Once the rules are in place early next year, private businesses and startups will be able to use crowdfunding to give equity to investors who will get an actual monetary return instead of a sticker or T-shirt.
SeedInvest www.seedinvest.com
SeedInvest: Launched by a group of young Wall Street alums getting their MBAs at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, SeedInvest recently won third place at Philly Startup Weekend 3.0. Founder Ryan Feit said that following their win, he’s had a lot of people from the Philadelphia community reach out to him about investing and is in the process of seeking a round of funding. The site is still in the pre-launch phase but entrepreneurs and business owners can apply for early access.
GetFunded getfunded.com
GetFunded: This shiny new site from Apps Genius Corp popped up just last month and is currently reviewing pre-registrations to be selected for participation in their pre-launch. In an effort to attract “the best possible businesses seeking crowdfunding,” the 25 companies that are chosen will each receive up to $5,000.
RelayFund www.relayfund.com
RelayFund: A group of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and investment bankers have teamed up to launch RelayFund, which is the creation of investment banking firm Hartwick Capital and investor relations firm Lambert, Edwards & Associates. According to a press release, the founders view crowdfunding for equity as “the next major catalyst in transforming the capital markets and connecting everyday Americans with private equity.” The press release also calls RelayFund “a leading online community focused on second-generation crowdfunding…” but the site has yet to launch.
WeFunder wefunder.com
WeFunder: Founded in January 2010 by an MIT Sloan School of Management grad and still in pre-launch, WeFunder boasts a community of 6,100 funders pledging more than $16.5 million in investments. According to Mashable, the platform combines traditional startup funding with equity crowdfunding in amounts as low as $100.
CrowdCube www.crowdcube.com
CrowdCube: Equity-based crowdfunding is already legal in the UK, and CrowdCube has been around for a few years already. They’ve raised £2.8 million for 15 companies so far. The company hasn’t announced any plans to expand into the U.S. market but given their experience compared to these new domestic players, they are positioned well to do so.
There are also dozens of platforms targeted at specific niches and industries like CircleUp for consumer goods, GreenUnite for green projects, Appsfunder for mobile apps, and New Jelly for artists.- 0 comments
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Most of the articles on the internet about being a badass focus on getting laid Now, there sure ain't nothing wrong with gettin' some, but this post ain't about that. It's not for the aspiring pick-up artist, nor is it about getting ripped or being able to kick someone's ass It's about going through life…- 0 comments
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This is a pretty serious piece o truth,
the "wide eyed" wonder of this child is an evolutionary pinnacle and the way this mother handled his growth gives me- 3 comments
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Stephen Hopson Awesome - he's definitely an Indigo child with special abilities to help transform humanity. Love it!!
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Joshua Thomas "Now Jacob is on his way to winning a Nobel Prize." Awesomely Impressive !
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Happy Mother's Day - Love, Mother Earth : )
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We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are. ~ Paulo Coelho
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james hall I like your style [4258,Vero] -some people say the same thing to me, n I don't care either :-)
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Vero Yeah ! I don't think and be. It's why, people say me : this girl, she's very strange... but i don't care. I'm free.
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Joshua Thomas forget what we think we are and Be.
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In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.
We made this video, built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested. However, we encourage everyone to seek out the full speech (because, in this case, the book is definitely better than the movie).
-The Glossary
Read the full speech here:
web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html- 4 comments
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Stephen Hopson That was AMAZING.
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Joshua Thomas Wow, great video!
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Jenti Shakti profoundly moving truth! well done!
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Amy Purdy talks about the power of imagination. She explains how our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by the choices we make. Imagination allows us to break down borders, to move beyond our circumstances, to create and constantly progress.
Amy Purdy has been through hardships that most of us will never face -- or can even fathom. But what makes her story so incredible is not that fact that she lived a "normal" childhood and spent her high school years as a passionate artist and snowboarder, then traumatically lost both her legs at age 19, but how she has persevered, taking implausible challenges and rising above them.
Today, Amy is an athlete; currently the top ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world. Amy also spends a good amount of time helping others; specifically those with physical challenges get involved with snowboarding, skateboarding, wakeboarding and other action sports through the organization she co-founded Adaptive Action Sports. Challenging herself while making a positive impact on the world is a true testament to Amy's spirit.
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Jenti Shakti "Borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and stories begin." --Amy Purdy
I also appreciate TEDx for creating a platform like this to share experiences.
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Super awesome video with the mammal family reppin some underwater trickage
Extraordinary and beautiful examples of toroidal vortices produced by dolphins, beluga whales, humpback whales, volcanoes, hydrogen/atomic bombs, and Man.
A toroidal vortex, also called a vortex ring, is a region of rotating fluid moving through the same or different fluid where the flow pattern takes on a toroidal (doughnut) shape. The movement of the fluid is about the poloidal or circular axis of the doughnut, in a twisting vortex motion. Examples of this phenomenon are a smoke ring or a microburst. Vortex rings were first mathematically analysed by the German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz, in his paper of 1867 On Integrals of the Hydrodynamical Equations which Express Vortex-motion Smoke rings have probably been observed since antiquity since they can easily be blown from the mouth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring
***Toroidal animation that appears at the beginning and end (and the 'fibration' animation at 2:55) were created by Paul Nylander (http://bugman123.com/)
***The 17 second clip of the humpback whale bubble rings shown from 1:56 to 2:13 is from danthewhaleman (The Whale Video Company).***
http://www.youtube.com/user/danthewhaleman
http://www.whalevideo.com
Music: "Beautiful Being" by Eastern Sun
Dolphin footage originally uploaded by:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chiajungchi
Etna smoke rings originally uploaded by:
http://www.youtube.com/user/icampabadals
And check this video out:
"Five men at atomic ground zero" (and directly witness atomic toroidal vortex)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlE1BdOAfVc
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"I will love you, if you love me..." An amazing talk on where happiness comes from, and how to realize it -By Michael Benner:
Happiness and love are rooted in personal relationships. Learn the four stages of developing your awareness and emotional management skills. DIscover why EQ is even more important than IQ to your success and fulfillment.- 2 comments
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Paul Junior yo check it! [3922,Joshua Thomas]
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Paul Junior awesome video! Be sure to catch the story at near the end.
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UPDATE NEWS 18TH APRIL 2013 - They planned all the explosions up to the Sirius documentary to divert the public attention to the ground breaking worldwide event on the truth. It's decoy illuminati diversion of minds of world. U can say every explosion going off around the world the illuminati are angry about the film and are reacting, Sirius Documentary - 2013 Theatrical Trailer (WORLDWIDE PREMIERING 22 APRIL 2013) - MassLandings (www.GalacticFederationofLight.info)
UPDATE NEWS 6th August 2012: Black OP agents targeting Dr Steven Greer close colleagues to deter the movie "Sirius: The Next Bold Step in Disclosure" from being produced !
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Dr Steven Greer Tweet 6th August 2012: Sirius filmmaker Arm Kaleka's father shot at Sikh Temple. He is on scene now. Please pray for his family. Dr. Greer
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GALACTIC FEDERATION OF LIGHT & ASHTAR GALACTIC COMMAND & SOLAR STAR COMMAND WILL BE KNOWN WORLDWIDE AFTER ARRESTS OF THE ILLUMINATI (DARK CABAL) ONCE DISCLOSURE SETS IN !
Who occupies these UFOs that are in our skies and around our planet and surrounded our whole solar system, it's Galactic Federation of Light and Massive Force of Light the Ashtar Galactic Command, who Illuminati global elites don't want you to know! They want you to think they are what you watch in Hollywood Blockbuster movies, such as the Evil ones which are portrayed in all of them, but in truth its to divert your minds to the actual real truth, which is they are of the Light not the Dark and are here to take down the Illuminati covertly in real time, to usher in Ascension for Humanity!, Bringing in Disclosure, Mass Landings then actual First Contact. ! Welcome them... Disclosure means Freedom for Humanity from this corrupted enslavement we are in that the Illuminati has placed us in. Everything is happening behind the scenes. Dr Steven M Greer is working with E.T.s who are of the Ashtar Galactic Command and Galactic Federation of Light, he has a special role to play not to represent the name of the organization like Sheldan Nidle does, but to inform and train people to make peaceful contact and put together the Disclosure for Earth! He is protected by powerful beings of light!
Support Sirius the Documentary Movie! It's what the unawakened people need to understand whats happening, since Illuminati are trying to confuse peoples minds with disinformation and propaganda. They use Hollywood as a shield !
Love & Light
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WHAT WILL YOU SEE?
Dr. Steven Greer, founder of the worldwide Disclosure Movement and the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence is working with Emmy award winning filmmaker Amardeep Kaleka and his team at Neverending Light Productions to produce one of the most significant films of our time.
This film exposes the greatest story never told: The Earth has been visited by people from other worlds who are not malicious, but in fact concerned for the future of humanity. A cabal of military, industrial and financial interests have kept this contact and what we have learned from it secret for over 60 years. Their secrecy is meant to suppress the knowledge that can liberate the world from the yoke of oil, gas, coal and nuclear power and replace the current world order with one of New Energy and true Freedom.
STRUCTURE OF THE FILM I. The first section of the film will share the vast scope of evidence that ET's exist, from official government documents, high-level witness testimony and audio and visual evidence. Disclosure and CSETI have the largest library of never before seen footage gathered over 20 years of study. II. Next, we interview a group of brilliant scientists who aim to expose long-held secret technologies. They show us how energy can be derived from the fabric of space around us, and how industrial cartels have suppressed this information. What did Nicola Tesla know, and why did the FBI seize his papers upon his death? Man-made anti-gravity vehicles have been in use for over half a century, some even used to perpetuate the ET abduction hoax in order to control the masses. Now is the time for these technologies to be acknowledged and developed for peaceful energy purposes. III. In the final section, we explore CONTACT: the CE-5 principles and how to build a bridge to a trans-dimensional universe. We will also share how the average person can make contact with people from other worlds. They are only a thought away...
To learn more visit:
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http://www.sirius.neverendinglight.com
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http://www.disclosureproject.org
http://www.twitter.com/drstevengreer
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http://www.GalacticFederationofLight.info
http://www.GalacticFederationofLight.com (NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON)
http://www.twitter.com/GalacticFed2012
http://www.youtube.com/MassLandings2012
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Vero Of course we are not alone. But for me, Sirius is not credible. You know, in UFO there are lot hoax.
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Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student's invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to 30 seconds.
The fast-charging device is a so-called supercapacitor, a gizmo that can pack a lot of energy into a tiny space, charges quickly and holds its charge for a long time.
What's more, it can last for 10,000 charge-recharge cycles, compared with 1,000 cycles for conventional rechargeable batteries, according to Eesha Khare of Saratoga, Calif.
"My cellphone battery always dies," she told NBC News when asked what inspired her to work on the energy-storage technology. Supercapacitors also allowed her to focus on her interest in nanochemistry — "really working at the nanoscale to make significant advances in many different fields."
To date, she has used the supercapacitor to power a light-emitting diode, or LED. The invention's future is even brighter. She sees it fitting inside cellphones and the other portable electronic devices that are proliferating in today's world, freeing people and their gadgets for a longer time from reliance on electrical outlets.
"It is also flexible, so it can be used in rollup displays and clothing and fabric," Khare added. "It has a lot of different applications and advantages over batteries in that sense."
Khare's invention won her the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, conducted this week in Phoenix, Ariz. For more information about the event and other prize winners, check out our earlier coverage.
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/competitions/international-science-and-engineering-fair.html
Other prize winners: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/competitions/international-science-and-engineering-fair.html
John Roach is a contributing writer for NBC News. To learn more about him, visit his website: http://www.byjohnroach.com/- 0 comments
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This is a cool new interactive design displayed in NY!- 0 comments
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If you've been on google in the past few days you may have noticed the major upgrades to their entire suite. Here are all the updates you should know about.
Although no one jumped out of plane wearing Google Glass this year, the company announced at its annual developer's conference some cool new products.- 0 comments
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Paul Junior count me in!
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A recently-published Harvard University meta-analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that children who live in areas with highly fluoridated water have "significantly lower" IQ scores than those who live in low fluoride areas. In a 32-page report that can be downloaded free of charge from Environmental Health Perspectives.
Its not necessarily what you KNOW about stuff like Fluoride but its all of the facts and physiological influences that we DONT know of that are the factors to be aware of when considering whether to put it in EVERYONES water.- 0 comments
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And the entire crew and passenger manifest survived! with NO injuries
its a durnn gonnit miracle!!!- 0 comments
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The current law guiding the manufacture of cosmetics dates back to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938. This legislation granted oversight of cosmetics safety to the cosmetics industry itself, meaning that the FDA has almost no authority. Over 80,000 chemicals have been introduced into the consumer market, and the industry provides very little information on the safety of these ingredients for use in personal care products..
The young people have NO idea what kind of chemicals are in their cosmetics, and it is the RESPONSIBILITY of the creators to make safe and effective make-up vs. forcing the consumer to do a ton of research on what is NOT A POISON,.- 0 comments
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Be aware! this article draws attention to the advances in trolling technology for ATM and credit/debit card holders.
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Singapore Polytechnic students have developed a water filtration cartridge that costs a mere S$11 and can last up to two years!
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Yosemite is such a beautiful place full of infinite nature and wonder!- 0 comments
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a totally revolutionary way to take photos!
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France became the 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate.
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interact with nature gently ! no need for terrible chemicals and additives- 0 comments
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Unlike some competitors, A2B will focus just on e-bikes.
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As social media continues to drive our "connection economy," successful alliances, like that between "Planet Money" and Kickstarter, will likely multiply.
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KATMANDU, Nepal Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain. Tilak Padney of Nepal's Mountaineering Department says 35 foreigners accompanied by 29 Nepalese Sherpa guides reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on Saturday morning after climbing all night from the highest camp.
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The scientists say this is a "rare" and accidental case of delayed fertilization.
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Few of us will ever venture past the 60-mile boundary that separates Earth and outer space. If you do, though, you're likely to experience something known as "the overview effect" -- a cognitive shift in how you perceive our planet.
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Solar energy sounds like a dream, but buying and installing the equipment necessary to harness the power of the Sun can be expensive. But what if you could print your own solar panels?
The researchers at Australia's Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) — a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne, Monash University and industry partners — have managed to print photovoltaic cells the size of an A3 sheet of paper.
"There are so many things we can do with cells this size. We can set them into advertising signage, powering lights and other interactive elements. We can even embed them into laptop cases to provide backup power for the machine inside," said CSIRO materials scientist, Dr. Scott Watkins.
These cells produce 10-50 watts of power per m2, and could be used to laminate the windows of skyscrapers, giving them an additional source of power. Or they could be printed onto materials such as steel, meaning they could be embedded into roofs of buildings.
Photovoltaic cells — the building blocks of solar panels — have been printed before, but the printing process was different.
For their printable solar cells, the VICOSC team used photovoltaic ink, a $200,000 printer, and techniques similar to those you'd use "if you were screen printing an image on to a t-shirt."
One of the most important aspects of this approach, claims Watkins, is accessibility. "We're developing our processes to be able to use these existing printing technologies so that the barrier to entry for manufacturing these new printed solar cells is as low as possible," he said.
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If you are one of those people whose palms get sweaty just thinking about being close to the edge then you should prepare yourself because in a few minutes your hands will most likely be drenched. With everything from the underbelly of the highest suspension bridge in the world to what is almost indisputably the most dangerous road on the planet, these are the 25 most precarious places on Earth.
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Trift Bridge, Switzerland
Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
CN Tower Edgewalk, Toronto
Devil's Pool at Victoria Falls
The Eiger, Switzlerand
Golden Rock, Myanmar
Trolltunga, Norway
Tyrol Platform, Austria
Gozo Cliffs, Malta
Llangollen Canal, Wales
Preikestolen, Norway
Meteora Monasteries, Greece
Gordon's Bay, Cape Town
Atlanterhavsveien, Norway
The Huntington Ravine Headwall, New Hampshire
Xuankong Temple, China
Kjeragbolten, Norway
Mont Margeriaz, France
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Swallows Nest, Ukraine
Anzhaite Long-span Suspension Bridge, China
Mount Hua Plank Walk, China
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Perrine Bridge, Idaho
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Vero C'est justement ce que j'ai besoin de faire.
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What you see is what you get
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what you got is good
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