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High in the sky, where eagles fly
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 Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:26 am Posts: 648 Gender: Anime Girl 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_ ... 534960.stm
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| Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:37 am |
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I love science-y articles. We can finally solve the, "we need power when it's dark" aspect of the solar cell. Yay.
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 Joined: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:36 pm Posts: 2563 Location: ┐('～`；)┌ Gender: Anime Girl Currently Playing: SC2, SSBB (4168-0287-1402)
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Sounds pretty sweet. I'm not exactly sure why this is able to operate during night time though.
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Joined: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:08 pm Posts: 49 Gender: Female
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Sounds good so far! Keep it going, guys, you're almost there!
I'm a bit afraid of the "slowly descending till sunrise" part though.  |
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| Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:14 pm |
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 Joined: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:10 am Posts: 2601 Location: Australia - Sydney Gender: Male Currently Playing: Ninja Gaiden III
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It is energy efficient enough to store energy derived during the day. It looks pretty cool IMO, who knows, we may get to the stage where there'll be a flight that can't be stuffed landing _________________  |
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| Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:01 am |
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Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:26 am Posts: 648 Gender: Anime Girl
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Yes and from the looks of it, it may need less energy due to the enormous wingspan compared to the size of the gondolas.
It does seem that this will need quite some time for refinement before it can be applied at a larger scale. _________________ |
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| Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:34 am |
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Joined: Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:38 am Posts: 6670 Location: Darkest Antartica Country:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10550430.stm
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Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:26 am Posts: 648 Gender: Anime Girl
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Now that is very promising. _________________ |
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