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<description>&lt;b&gt;BEAVERTON, Ore. - A new invention could revolutionize solar energy - and it was made by a 12-year-old in Beaverton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.komonews.com/news/local/28433409.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.komonews.com/news/local/28433409.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:52:07 GMT</pubDate>
<author>UniToxic</author>
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<title>Re:12-Year Old Oregon Boy May Have Solved The Energy Crisis</title>
<description>That&apos;s very interesting, I really hope this will lead somewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More surface area = more absorption of solar energy = more useable energy.&amp;nbsp; Efficiency of solar cells have been a thorn in the technology&apos;s side for years.&amp;nbsp; Look at this rendering of the completed ISS (International Space Station):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.scas.org/images/iss.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See how much surface area solar cells must use to power the station?&amp;nbsp; That&apos;s huge in relation to the size of actual habitable space.&amp;nbsp; If we can increase effiency at all we&apos;re going to be able to shrink the size of solar cells and make solar power a whole lot more practical and affordable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just hope this goes somewhere.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:52:31 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ArchDuke</author>
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<title>Re:12-Year Old Oregon Boy May Have Solved The Energy Crisis</title>
<description>&lt;cite&gt;UniToxic wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;BEAVERTON, Ore. - A new invention could revolutionize solar energy - and it was made by a 12-year-old in Beaverton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; href=&quot;http://www.komonews.com/news/local/28433409.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.komonews.com/news/local/28433409.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Kids today... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&apos;s pretty freaking cool!&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:57:19 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Virrago</author>
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<title>Re:12-Year Old Oregon Boy May Have Solved The Energy Crisis</title>
<description>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TWELVE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. God this week is amazing for my laughter.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:02:24 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Roukan</author>
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<description>This is one of those areas of technology where scientists just have to go. &amp;quot;Dam why didn&apos;t we think of this sooner&amp;quot;.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:42:52 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ReProgrammed</author>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Actually, his finished design incorporated research from dozens of different projects already in the works, including the 3D solar cell&amp;nbsp;being&amp;nbsp;built by Georgia Tech. He admitted that he used their design, but made it more (5% or so) efficient.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But, hey, he&apos;s twelve. If he can do that at 12, imagine what he&apos;ll be able to do at 20.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ShiXinFeng</author>
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<description>&lt;cite&gt;ShiXinFeng wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Actually, his finished design incorporated research from dozens of different projects already in the works, including the 3D solar cell&amp;nbsp;being&amp;nbsp;built by Georgia Tech. He admitted that he used their design, but made it more (5% or so) efficient.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But, hey, he&apos;s twelve. If he can do that at 12, imagine what he&apos;ll be able to do at 20.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Or he could be a one trick ponny.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:16:52 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ReProgrammed</author>
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<title>Re:Re:12-Year Old Oregon Boy May Have Solved The Energy Crisis</title>
<description>&lt;cite&gt;ShiXinFeng wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;But, hey, he&apos;s twelve. If he can do that at 12, imagine what he&apos;ll be able to do at 20.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Have sex, drink alcohol and drive? &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:18:06 GMT</pubDate>
<author>odj</author>
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<title>Re:12-Year Old Oregon Boy May Have Solved The Energy Crisis</title>
<description>Nay on the alcohol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I&apos;d bet he could make a friggin&apos; awesome lava lamp.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:18:55 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ZippyTheSquirrel</author>
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<description>Smart kid. Previously the biggest problem with solar power is that there isn&apos;t enough surface area on the planet facing the sun to supply our power needs.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:30:52 GMT</pubDate>
<author>phi</author>
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<description>&lt;cite&gt;ZippyTheSquirrel wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Nay on the alcohol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I&apos;d bet he could make a friggin&apos; awesome lava lamp.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Pfft he could if he was in the UK!</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:33:39 GMT</pubDate>
<author>odj</author>
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<title>Re:Re:12-Year Old Oregon Boy May Have Solved The Energy Crisis</title>
<description>&lt;cite&gt;phi wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Smart kid. Previously the biggest problem with solar power is that there isn&apos;t enough surface area on the planet facing the sun to supply our power needs.&lt;/blockquote&gt;This is where having solar cell stations positioned in geosynchronus orbit where they convert the energy into microwaves and beam them down to terrestrial recievers would help out.&amp;nbsp; It wouldn&apos;t completely solve the problem but especially with improved solar cell effeciency it&apos;ll contribute.&amp;nbsp; </description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:54:17 GMT</pubDate>
<author>ArchDuke</author>
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<description>*Neo voice&amp;quot; WHoa! thats pretty dam amazing rite der. Hope something comes of it. ONly 12 years old too, Man only thing i was worried about then was pretty much nothing. GL to that kid wish him the best.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:24:24 GMT</pubDate>
<author>byond</author>
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<description>&lt;cite&gt;ArchDuke wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;That&apos;s very interesting, I really hope this will lead somewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More surface area = more absorption of solar energy = more useable energy.&amp;nbsp; Efficiency of solar cells have been a thorn in the technology&apos;s side for years.&amp;nbsp; Look at this rendering of the completed ISS (International Space Station):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.scas.org/images/iss.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See how much surface area solar cells must use to power the station?&amp;nbsp; That&apos;s huge in relation to the size of actual habitable space.&amp;nbsp; If we can increase effiency at all we&apos;re going to be able to shrink the size of solar cells and make solar power a whole lot more practical and affordable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just hope this goes somewhere.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the &apos;80s I recall seeing the Shuttle deploy a solar collector ridiculously thin--I think it was a few millimeters.&amp;nbsp; So, while size matters, mass shouldn&apos;t.&amp;nbsp; The point is to make a giant flat square large enough to create a shadow that will power all our cellphones while blotting out the earth from the sun in a massive eclipse.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then, the vampires come.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(I may have reached a logical impasse with that last part)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:40:50 GMT</pubDate>
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