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- HamiltonG, on 08/23/2008, -1/+40Could have been really nteresting, but the article wasn't detailed enough to digg. Didn't even cover the basics.
- cameltoenail, on 08/23/2008, -4/+24Obligatory, negative Digg comment stating;
___Hydrogen is not the answer
X__Solar is not the answer
___Wind power is not the answer
Blah blah blah, storage, efficiency, coal, nuclear, blah blah bla......ramble ramble ramble mumble jumble technical jargon I learned from talking head, or "experts" blah. - MaxIsBored, on 08/23/2008, -1/+16burried. no technical information what-so-ever.
Not to mention it being on digg frontpage yesterday. - TheMachine1, on 08/23/2008, -2/+16Oil is for pedophiles.
- MortVent, on 08/23/2008, -1/+15keyword is it's patentable.
So they are not going to publish the recipe folks. they are going to sell it. - george@CASE, on 08/23/2008, -0/+11I wouldn't think they would sell it. I think they patented it so they control it's development and use. If they are as genuine as they sound, they're going to make it cheap and affordable, at minimum profit.
- caracter2, on 08/23/2008, -0/+11She's a really nice person. She was my lecturer last year. I'm studying photovoltaic engineering at UNSW. I never thought I'd hear from her on Digg of all places. Wow!
- ktwoart, on 08/23/2008, -0/+9I'm not upset that they don't release the "recipe", but I am a little miffed at how poorly written the article is. Sure, it's a profitable endeavor and I don't expect trade secrets--I just didn't get much more from that article than the description in the title. Vague and confusing, buried for wasting my time.
- liuite, on 08/23/2008, -3/+12it figures that it would take a girl scientist to think about using nail polish in an invention
- flamingduck, on 08/23/2008, -1/+923 yr old Phd?
- bradhart2, on 08/23/2008, -1/+8cool idea and science girls make me hot:)
- supdude, on 08/23/2008, -0/+7Here's how Inkjet Printable Solar Cells work:
Essentially, the head of an inkjet printer deposits a material (ink) into a substrate (paper), and does so in a fairly cheap and quick manner. Konarka’s technique uses the solar cell material as ink, and a thin flexible plastic as paper. According to the company, the process creates solar cells which are almost as good as the clunky silicon ones, created with much more advanced technologies. However, these inkjet babies are much much cheaper.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/10/printable-sola ... - brianpeiris, on 08/23/2008, -0/+6Did some Googling:
NewSouth Innovations (The company that is trying to commercialize the research):
http://www.nsinnovations.com.au/industry/technolog ...
More Patent information (Lots of technical information, might even be the full text):
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=AU200600177 ... - kefkaantakrist, on 08/23/2008, -0/+423 yo PhD student. It sounds about right. You're 17 or 18 when you graduate high school, then 4 years undergrad and you're 21 or 22. Many people don't bother to pursue an MS (just like many people don't bother to pursue an AS) and so you go straight from BS graduate to PhD student.
PS I'm an MS student at 25. WTH went wrong with me? - Rainemaker, on 08/23/2008, -0/+4@dsenman, don't feel bad. Many of us were probably thinking that too.
- worldchanger, on 08/23/2008, -0/+4I'd tell her to get back in the kitchen!
- jerbaker, on 08/23/2008, -0/+3Brainy chicks rule.
- publiclurker, on 08/23/2008, -4/+7You know, I did a quick check and can't find where you've ever contributed anything to the world. Why don't you do that and then get back to us about your opinions on what others should do.
- inactive, on 08/23/2008, -0/+3i'd hit it
- M724, on 08/23/2008, -2/+5It would also give you some good, solar-made pizzas.
- kefkaantakrist, on 08/23/2008, -1/+4... and if doctors really cared about life they would diagnose and cure patients for free ...
Yeah, it's a nice thought and it's popular to think wanting to be compensated for your efforts is evil, but at the end of the day everybody's gotta eat. If this woman really "saves the world" I see no problem with her great^10 grandchildren wearing Armani. (You get my point.) - mikesbaker, on 08/23/2008, -1/+4that article sucked. 0 insight as to how Pizza Oven + Inkjet Printer + Nail Polish=Cheap Solar Cells would work.
- inactive, on 08/23/2008, -0/+323 years old with a PhD. WTF, now i feel like loser. Im 25 with only a bachelors :(
- DrJG, on 08/23/2008, -0/+3Just when one gets sick of the trashy comments, there is one that makes one say, wow, thank you. Not that I was looking for the recipe for doing it much less selling, but it is wonderful to know. Again, THANK YOU.
- dojocasino, on 08/23/2008, -0/+2dugg with empathy
- EagleTG, on 08/23/2008, -2/+4Why does the University of NSW make their PhD students wear straight-jackets?
- WiseWeasel, on 08/23/2008, -0/+2She patented it, so the recipe is published, and it will go into the public domain once her patent expires, as intended. It'll be out there soon enough.
- ukfan, on 08/23/2008, -0/+2As you type on a plastic keyboard (made from oil) which was delivered to the store (by oil guzzling trucks). Guess those little kids are looking pretty hot to you right now.
- d1a1s1, on 08/23/2008, -1/+3Vagueness FTW!
- Barackalypse, on 08/23/2008, -0/+2Buried for being late to the game, Nanosolar started shipping commercial printed solar panels back in 2007.
http://www.nanosolar.com/blog3/#post-13 - regeya, on 08/23/2008, -1/+3The illogic fest continues...
- TheMachine1, on 08/23/2008, -0/+2http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/searching/p ...
Can not figure out how to view the patent application maybe its not approved yet so its not viewable? - nick111, on 08/23/2008, -0/+2Maybe this is about the process rather than the product then? I presume you RTFA?
- nick111, on 08/23/2008, -0/+2an dumb ass?
- Aeric, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1Yep, it probably doesn't work good at all. It's patented so it couldn't have hurt to give us some details. No digg.
- obliviousfool, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1I think people are reacting to the lame article which doesn't explain one damn thing about this invention and features a handy picture of a pizza oven. It's the equivalent of saying "Hey! Here's this really cool thing, but I'm not going to tell you anything about it, oh and by the way, here's what a pizza oven looks like."
- Aeric, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1It IS patented, which means they could have told us what they're doing and no one could steal it.
- RoboDonut, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1I think you mean MacGyver.
- Virgule, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1you go, girl!
- fsuarez2005, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1Dr. David Puckett gave free artificial limbs to hundreds of disabled Mexicans for no cost.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/her ... - DrJG, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1Question obviously is why you men invented all the junk cosmetics and expect your woment to wear them, strange tastes? !!!
Or was it - yes, probably was - the awe of oriental China and Japan with their looks, and their disdain for you, that made your guys copy them? Must be. - Specht1988, on 08/23/2008, -1/+2you are an dumb ass... its acetone.
- DrJG, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1The word is labcoat, and it is supposed to protect you, it is similar to doctors wear in your country and so do lab researchers, heard of or seen any of them?
- reddikilowatt, on 08/23/2008, -0/+13. ???
- lisaawesome, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1***** I'll be 23 in 6 months and will still be working on this goddamn bachelors. This girl just had to rub in my failures.
- supreme0armor, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1Hopefully the patent rights wont get bought by big oil, and filed away somewheres...
- inactive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1Qualifications != success != money
- WiseWeasel, on 08/23/2008, -0/+1http://www.pizzaovens.com/
- Justice101, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1"Ms Kuepper said that the solar cells should be of high enough quality to be used anywhere in the world, including Australia."
Anyone else think it's going to have a ridiculously low, barely practical efficiency compared to CIGS solar cells? -
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