How cool would it be to have your house powered with solar cells that tinted your windows?


CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...49429H20081006

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Originally Posted by ISU2008

How cool would it be to have your house powered with solar cells that tinted your windows?


CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...49429H20081006

And what do you bet that we never use it? I've been hearing the same old song and dance for 25 years now: "The technology just isn't there yet."