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[Link] Solar Cells, Half Off
Read: 7/11/2021 hackaday.com
A company named Leap Photovoltaic claims they have a technology to create solar panels without silicon wafers which would cut production costs in half.
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[Link] Behind a Billboard of Bowe Bergdahl, Khost Maintains Anti-Taliban Ways
Read: 4/11/2021 coffeeordie.com
KHOST, Afghanistan — It’s one of few stretches of road among these winding hills and twisting valleys that remains paved and intact, untouched by the two-decade war that crippled most of Afghanistan’s land arteries.
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[Link] NSW premier orders grants review as it’s revealed $20m school solar program went mostly to Coalition seats
Read: 3/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet ordered a review of grants funding in the state at the same time it was revealed more than 90% of schools selected as part of a $20m pilot to fund solar power systems were in Coalition-held seats.
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[Link] BFree Brings Intermittent Computing To Python
Read: 29/9/2021 hackaday.com
Generally speaking, we like our computing devices to remain on and active the whole time we’re using them. But there are situations, such as off-grid devices that run on small solar cells, where constant power is by no means a guarantee.
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[Link] China Is Aiming to Develop Miles-Wide, 'Ultra-Large' Spacecraft
Read: 30/8/2021 www.vice.com
A new five-year plan highlights an 'urgent need' to develop megaprojects in space, such as human habitats and space-based solar power plants. ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.
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[Link] South Australia Vs. Too Much Home Solar
Read: 12/5/2021 hackaday.com
Once upon a time, the consensus was that renewable energy was too expensive and in too sparse supply to be a viable power source to run our proud, electrified societies on.