Pumping Sunlight Into Homes 182
ByronScott sends a snippet from Inhabitat that begins "What if you could light your entire building using no electricity or artificial lights – but just the natural light from our favorite star, the Sun? Enter the Sundolier, a powerful sunlight transport system that's like putting a solar robot on your roof to pump sunlight indoors. The manufacturer claims a single Sundolier unit can provide enough light to illuminate a 1,000-2,500 sq. ft. area [93-232 sq. m] without any other sources." The company's website is a bit thin on details, such as what happens on cloudy days, or how many days of sunlight per year on average are needed for the device to perform acceptably.
what a great idea! (Score:4, Funny)
this works amazing, we should find a new name for this revolutionary device, how about we call it a WINDOW????
only downside, it doesnt work when it's needed most, namely AT NIGHT, when it's dark.
Maybe WINDOWS version 2.1 will fix that??
Re:what a great idea! (Score:2, Funny)
Didnt they use these back in ancient times with someone adjusting the mirrors by hand
Yes, but I've been banned from training monkeys to move the mirrors and the slaves keep going blind.
Never trust a blind slave to shave you...
Re:what a great idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but I've been banned from training monkeys to move the mirrors and the slaves keep going blind. Never trust a blind slave to shave you...
The sighted monkeys aren't such a great idea either.
This one goes around corners (Score:4, Funny)
Something like this one: http://www.sunlight-direct.com/ uses fiber optic cables to catch the sunlight and then send it around corners/to other floors/etc. It also doesn't work at night . . . yet. But throw in a few undersea cables (interlight backbone) and we could have a daylight exchange program with nations on the other side of the planet.
Re:Why haven't these been around? (Score:3, Funny)
Hey! (Score:4, Funny)
My favorite star is Proxima Centauri, you insensitive clod.
Re:what a great idea! (Score:2, Funny)
but... (Score:3, Funny)
does it run Linux?
Sorry, someone had to ask.
Re:but... (Score:2, Funny)
does it run Linux?
More importantly, could you set up a sufficiently large Beowulf cluster of these things to light, say, 1/2 the earth at any given time?
Re:There are no details (Score:2, Funny)
So, you might have trouble during an eclipse...
No problem. We'll just put up a National Eclipse Warning System to tell people to move to higher ground. Something with lasers, of course.