Tamsin Outhwaite - Solar Cell

The sun was the first power source on earth - and some say it's still the best. Although solar cells as we now know them date from the late 50s when they generated power for the first satellites, the original patent was made in 1946 (US Patent 2402662). Each year brings new efficiencies, as the technology turns once-bulky panels into wafer-thin slivers that can even be sewn into clothes. The sky is, quite literally, the limit.
Tamsin Outhwaite, Actress
Submitted on February 16, 2007 4:55 PM
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