16 Responses to “Dynamic folding of a paper solar cell circuit”

1. snowier5 says:

   July 17, 2011 at 4:27 am

   good idea. but how long do the cells last?
2. khunopie says:

   July 17, 2011 at 5:01 am

   They could use this to power electric paper airplanes
3. JEIWILBER says:

   July 17, 2011 at 5:55 am

   What about using this on the rooftop ? ? ?
4. kaiserbunny132 says:

   July 17, 2011 at 6:37 am

   @MsShirepony

   Oh yeah? Say that to the amazon rainforest. Since 1970, 600,000 square kilometers gone. Thats more than four times the size of greece.
5. MsShirepony says:

   July 17, 2011 at 6:41 am

   @kaiserbunny132 lulz, that’s like saying “but we’re still mowing our lawns” or “we’re still harvesting corn”. Tree’s are are a crop – a renewable resource… they are growing FAR faster than we’re knocking them down.

   Frankly, this is one of the more awesome uses of that resource and it couldn’t be more “green”.
6. kaiserbunny132 says:

   July 17, 2011 at 7:33 am

   The problem is we’re still cutting down trees..
7. Azkadaz says:

   July 17, 2011 at 8:22 am

   What would be AWESOME is if they could put these on the roof of cars, or on roofs of houses. Think about it – you would never have to fuel your car again, and we would drastically reduce carbon emissions.
8. MrTr0llol says:

   July 17, 2011 at 8:39 am

   THE FUTURE!!! soon they will print 100% efficient ones that work in the dark (yes they exist now) wrap them around phones (possibly use future nano tech to hide them for cosmetic reasons) and INFINITE POWER!!!!
9. ayakoyuuta says:

   July 17, 2011 at 9:14 am

   Good news!
10. Soltrikarenshi says:

    July 17, 2011 at 9:50 am

    @dizzious you can see a projector under the glass
11. dizzious says:

    July 17, 2011 at 10:18 am

    Why does the light appear to be coming FROM the solar cell?
12. joltfrey says:

    July 17, 2011 at 10:48 am

    @venrams thats an amazing idea!
13. venrams says:

    July 17, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Very nice, hope one day it would be available as wall paint form too, with different color shading to choose from, to paint on walls and could be hooked to a circuit to generate home electricity.
14. ACTopher315 says:

    July 17, 2011 at 11:41 am

    The durability is what impresses me. If they could up the amount of power, then maybe it could be printed onto cell phone cases that make them last much longer! Think about it, a cell phone that almost never needs to be recharged due to a durable casing that recharges it with solar power!
15. TheNomadicview says:

    July 17, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Next stop: Large Scale Orbiting Solar Array
16. EcoDimension says:

    July 17, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    if only it gets into the market as fast as cell phones