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- canewediggit, on 07/11/2008, -0/+39how dare you submit the actual original article from the actual source? haven't you seen the regurgitated blogspam that we obviously prefer here? you've got some nerve.
- dannybht, on 07/12/2008, -0/+9I hate you MIT! Always coming up with mind blowing technology...
- burjzyntski, on 07/12/2008, -0/+6Going to MIT has always been/was a dream of mine.
Imagine, you get to think of something -anything-, an almost unlimited budget to build it -whatever it is-, (+make digg frontpage) and then make money off selling patents.
Too bad I didn't do any homework in high school, pretty much killing my GPA.
Epic self-fail :'(
Congrats on bringing another rather obvious idea to life. - santaliqueur, on 07/12/2008, -0/+5"Probably won't go anywhere?" We'd better forward your post to MIT before they dedicate any more of their brilliant minds towards this project.
- sciencesays, on 07/12/2008, -0/+3Very, very cool
- drunkirish, on 07/12/2008, -0/+3Okay, but how is the White House going to spin this technology as not feasible?
- forestjohnson, on 07/12/2008, -0/+2Don't be so sad: MIT ***** undergrads anyway. Go to a smaller school that focuses on teaching. You can still make things!
PS: http://www.ctcl.com/ - B08ama, on 07/12/2008, -0/+2This is more useful than Runescape coal.
- santaliqueur, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1Grades still won't get you in alone. I dated a girl in high school who was the valedictorian of about 800 students. 4.0 GPA, only one A- and the rest of her grades were A, all through high school. She was denied entrance into MIT, and it shocked her.
To get in there, you have to be head and shoulders above the super brilliant kids. - Kali92, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Wow I wonder how far along this project has taken, and is there a prototype to view on videos. Cost wise possibly very expensive.. http://hubpages.com/hub/West-Coast-Vinyl
- Mootabolife, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1Wouldn't this also act to tint the glass since it would be taking sunlight away from going inside?
- xexx, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1I shoot birds who hit my window, usually they do it about 200 times before I can't stand it anymore. Damn territorial redbirds who always attack their reflection...
- MorganMghee, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Oh, you must have been typing your question as the answer was being posted ...look up^
- MorganMghee, on 07/13/2008, -0/+1Oh you'd be surprised what $150/barrel oil will inspire.
- santaliqueur, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1It was in gym class, senior year. She was pissed about it.
- inactive, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1Maybe that A- is the problem.
- Dalrek, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1This is going to sound silly, but listen. I go to Georgia Tech. I'm quite positive that the faculty doesn't really care too much for the undergrads here either. I prefer it that way. The tests are the same as if they cared, but it teaches people to better learn on their own. It really helps to separate the bright and/or dedicated from the rest, as well.
And unfortunately, those smaller schools don't have the name MIT does. That's just a fact of life. He'll be able to go as high in the end, but getting that foot in the door will be slightly harder. - greevar, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1I see what you did there. Nice pun.
- endurance242, on 07/12/2008, -0/+0I'm pretty sure something along these lines was tested long ago. I remember reading about how it was to the point where a house using energy efficient appliances, made completely of glass (the dyed windows), could power itself in a place such as Australia. I think they mentioned that because power isn't so expensive it makes no sense, yet.
I think a different source discussing a similar idea described how in a few years we could be printing these dyed windows right out of a printer at home. - derbestemann, on 07/12/2008, -0/+0RWTH Aachen University are working on that for some time now, too. They believe they can produce a solar cell coat for the whole house for like 2 cents per square meter
- Gymbo, on 07/12/2008, -1/+1Now I think I will cry when a bird hits my window...
- mecharabbit, on 07/12/2008, -1/+1Please clarify: Is this Windows or windows? You don't want to be caught in any sort of copyright infringement.
- TheToxicAvenger, on 12/11/2008, -0/+0Solar has always been heralded as the future for as long as I can remember, maybe this will actually be the key to making it viable
http://www.eagarenewables.com - GT35R, on 07/12/2008, -2/+1and like all other good ideas, this will probably never see the light of day outside of a lab.
- daaaveg, on 07/12/2008, -2/+1this has already been done.
From the website of Applied Materials, Inc. :
Thin Film Solar Technology
Thin Film (TF) solar technology is an emerging solution for solar electricity production. Rather than using silicon wafers to build the Photovoltaic device, TF is manufactured on glass. Glass substrates require less sophistication to manufacture, making them more abundant than silicon wafers and less costly. The active silicon layer is deposited using almost identical processes as those used to make LCD TFT flat panel displays. By piggybacking on the scale of manufacturing used in the display industry, Applied is able to bring volume manufacturing of large sized substrates to the solar industry. - forestjohnson, on 07/12/2008, -4/+2Actually, this probably won't go anywhere. I've heard this kind of thing for 5 years now and people are still buying the same old inefficient photovoltaics.
I'd love to see this, but something seems to be stopping these things from reaching market. Personally, I'll blame shady business in the enrgy industry.
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