Record-Breaking Solar Cells Tailored To Location

Urchin writes "The quality of sunlight varies depending on where you live, but off-the-shelf solar cells are all identical. A new solar cell designed by UK firm Quantasol is easily tuned to adapt to the local light conditions, which boosts its long-term performance. Its short-term performance isn't bad though — the single junction solar cell has a peak efficiency greater than any previous device, beating a world record that's stood for 21 years."

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[sexconker]

I know I'm heading to the moderation cellar for this, but COME ON guys, don't be so damn lazy about your language. See my sig below.

That kind of mistake is a huge cognitive speed bump for many readers. You're blowing your chance to communicate with your audience when you make (and belittle complaints about) adolescent mistakes like this.

Re:Environmentally sound... hehehe.

[CorporateSuit]

Solar panels are actually very cheap to get. Drive down a freeway with those solar-powered emergency phones, knock down a few of the poles, take the panel from on top, and install it on your home. They're free to anyone who has the gumption to get them, courtesy of your state highway department!

Re:Environmentally sound... hehehe.

[MichaelSmith]

But what if you injure yourself? How would you call for help if you have wrecked the phone?

Re:Environmentally sound... hehehe.

[TubeSteak]

But what if you injure yourself? How would you call for help if you have wrecked the phone?

Sit in your car and tap out S.O.S. using your brakes.
Anyone able to read it while cruising past at 65 mph will have a ham radio in their trunk and a whip antenna curved over the roof.

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[Miseph]

"Let's face it. If you don't get a red line underneath what you are typing we know just assume that its okay to submit."

Is that so? I wonder if you could come up with an example of this phenomenon for us, perhaps a time when you, say, added an extra letter to the word you intended, thereby turning it into another correctly spelled word which made no sense in context. I'd bet you're pretty good about not doing it though, since you're clearly better at spelling than all the people at AP, Reuters, The New York Frikkin' Times, etc.

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Re:But what about price?

[kimvette]

Don't underestimate the hippies' addiction to smug. [wikipedia.org]

Re:Environmentally sound... hehehe.

[fractoid]

Along the same vein, I justify driving my old, fuel-inefficient sports car by taking the dinosaurs' viewpoint. They were wiped out by global cooling, man! Releasing all this sequestered carbon dioxide is just my way of saving the planet. Someday when your grandchildren are living in the subtropical paradise that Antarctica will become, you'll thank me.

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[EdIII]

Wooooooooooooosssssssshhhhhhhhhhh!!

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[Anonymous Coward]

Just so you know, in most non-US English-speaking countries, abbreviations that end with the last letter of the world don't get a period after them.

Oh, COME ON You make it TOO easy.