Solar Cells — Made In a Pizza Oven 518
stylemessiah writes "The winner of several Eureka Science Awards in Australia is a crafty chick who devised a way to create solar cells cheaply using a pizza oven, nail polish and an inkjet printer. This was developed to address the high cost of cells and in particular for the world's poorest regions. She wanted to give the ~2 billion people around the world who don't have electricity the gift of light and cheap energy. This could have profound (and a good profound) implications for education and health in those in the poorest regions in the world. And it all started with her parents giving her a solar energy kit when she was 10..."
how many (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah but... (Score:5, Funny)
MacGyver would have done it with just the nail polish.
Re:Yeah but... (Score:1, Funny)
MacGyver would have done it with just the nail polish.
I always had my doubts about that guy. Now you confirm it, he carries nail polish. What a wuss!
energy crisis finally solved! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Crafty chick" (Score:5, Funny)
The term 'feminazis' is sexist and demeaning. We demand to be called pro-female Fascists. From hereon in anyone who utters that degrading neologism will be executed without trial by way of snoo-snoo.
Pig.
Re:energy crisis finally solved! (Score:5, Funny)
Smart, and hot. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:crafty chick? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Chick? (Score:5, Funny)
And yes, I'm male.
*checks URL* Yep, still Slashdot.
Mod parent redundant! :P
Re:Competitive with Nanosolar? (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, but this one is wayyy cool because I'm fairly certain she came up with it after watching an episode of MacGyver....
Re:"Crafty chick" (Score:1, Funny)
will be executed without trial by way of snoo-snoo.
You Promise?
You almost had me.... (Score:5, Funny)
"The winner of several Eureka Science Awards in Australia is a crafty chick who devised a way to create solar cells cheaply using a pizza oven, nail polish and an inkjet printer."
Afforable but uses an Inkjet Printer? You almost fooled me there. With the cost of ink being what it is, it'll be cheaper to just go out and buy a solar cell.
Re:Chick? (Score:2, Funny)
Actually I usually say...
That's an amazing hypothesis miss.... Wow nice boobs! give me a twirl so I can see your rear.
niiiiiice....
Re:Sexist and trivializing characterization. (Score:2, Funny)
Dude!
Re:Chick? (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, Al. [imdb.com]
girly solar (Score:1, Funny)
Anyone who knows anything about solar power is that it is girly girly energy like this article proves. Poor people are poor because they probably deserve it or did something wrong. Solar cells won't ever be good enough for anything other than kids lab kits, and besides what happens if the sun goes out, where will your new age hippy solar cells be then. Nuclear is so much better than solar because it works in the dark and even when it rains. So what if it blows up from time to time, nuclear accidents are overrated anyway, and are probably good for the environment because it scares people away so the forest can re-grow.
There is no reason why we all can't have safe little nuclear power plants in our backyard, today.
Re:crafty chick? (Score:5, Funny)
I don't think Outback Steakhouse would lie to me about this.
Re:Sexist and trivializing characterization. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"Crafty chick" (Score:4, Funny)
Do we get to select our own executioner? Anything else would be inhumane!
Re:Chick? (Score:5, Funny)
You can't be sure with DNS these days...
Pizza Energy Hut - Get you slice of the sun (Score:2, Funny)
Re:how many (Score:4, Funny)
Re:crafty chick? (Score:4, Funny)
Foster's: Canadian for Australian Beer.
Re:Chick? (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously...the notion that there are bad words to use is mindboggling.
Is that so, asshole?
Re:Competitive with Nanosolar? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Crafty chick" (Score:3, Funny)
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is spongy, and bruised
Re:energy crisis finally solved! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:girly solar (Score:5, Funny)
There is no reason why we all can't have safe little nuclear power plants in our backyard, today.
Actually, there is. Inspired by your post, I called up Backyard Atomics Inc. and asked them if I could get a nuclear plant in my backyard today. They said no, it takes 3-5 days for shipping. So already I was disappointed. Then I decided to see if you were at least partly right, and asked if they would get plants to everyone in 3-5 days. They said no, that would require their full production capacity through at least next February.
So I appreciate the spirit of your post, but please get your facts right next time. It's either "There is no reason why some of us can't have safe little nuclear power plants in our backyard, next week" or "There is no reason we all can't have safe little nuclear power plants in our backyard, next year."
Re:crafty chick? (Score:3, Funny)
Completely off topic, but reminds me of something I noticed with some friends at a Japanese restaurant - one ordered a Sapporo, one ordered an Asahi, and both discovered they were actually drinking Canadian (I ordered some Sho Chiku Bai Nigori unfiltered sake, made in the traditional location - Berkeley).
Re:"Crafty chick" (Score:3, Funny)
From hereon in anyone who utters that degrading neologism will be executed without trial by way of snoo-snoo.
I never thought it would end this way. But I always really hoped.
Re:Competitive with Nanosolar? (Score:4, Funny)