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This is kinda neat. Not sure how much candlepower is put out by this invention, but still kinda neat. Video at link.

1 posted on 06/30/2013 2:01:44 AM PDT by rawhide
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Couldn’t you put peiltier cells on the back of solar cells and recover some wasted heat energy, or fabricate them in layers with the solar cells on top and the peiltier cells below them, with the back of the cell in the shaodw it could boost the effeciency....


2 posted on 06/30/2013 2:52:15 AM PDT by GraceG
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Little Miss Smartypants! Well done.

Wonder what you could power if you made a jacket out of those tiles.

3 posted on 06/30/2013 2:59:33 AM PDT by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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Bobby "Blue" Bland Turn On Your Love Light
5 posted on 06/30/2013 3:16:01 AM PDT by csvset
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> She realized that the warmth generated by the human body was an overlooked energy source.

Hopefully the government doesn’t or we might end up in a cocoon hooked up to wires ala Matrix style


6 posted on 06/30/2013 4:11:58 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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I’m thinking why not solar powered LED flashlight to scare rapists away?


7 posted on 06/30/2013 4:12:17 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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Has this got anything to do with how a mood dring works?

Whatever — not only is she smart and creative, she is very well spoken. Best of luck to her.


8 posted on 06/30/2013 4:18:20 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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Some people are hotter than others.


9 posted on 06/30/2013 4:23:03 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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Perpetual motion machine:

Strap a piece of buttered toast to a cat's back and drop from a 5-story building.

14 posted on 06/30/2013 6:03:21 AM PDT by twister881
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Good job.


15 posted on 06/30/2013 6:26:50 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
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Could be kind of expensive to make, but they can be sold to the govt.


18 posted on 06/30/2013 7:26:43 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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Good for her she’s a thinker.

Hope her friends don’t tease her and call her old hot hands Ann.


19 posted on 06/30/2013 7:32:11 AM PDT by Vaduz
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Well that will never work for old people, their never warm, just ask them.


20 posted on 06/30/2013 8:56:52 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Canada ping


21 posted on 06/30/2013 9:25:17 AM PDT by Don W (Know what you WANT. Know what you NEED. Know the DIFFERENCE!)
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To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!

22 posted on 06/30/2013 10:23:29 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
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It’s a great idea... our bodies run lots of systems - why not a flashlight... etc.


23 posted on 06/30/2013 12:37:14 PM PDT by GOPJ (... liberal anger - - the privileged wheeze of entitled brats ... Greenfield)
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