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Here Comes the Sun

It's hard to stand outside on a sunny day, baking in the heat and surrounded by the whirr of air conditioning machines, and not wonder why we can't make more make use of all this endless sunshine. Photovoltaics are the way, and as they become more efficient and less expensive they're starting to show up all over the place -- on the back of cell phones, roofs of cars, even roadways. Pretty soon those cheesy hats about bald men being solar-powered sex machines might just be made into fact.
Vlad Savov
Dell has added a shiny new feather to its cap today with the announcement of a freshly completed Solar Grove renewable energy installation. The system is composed of 512 solar panels, which provide shelter for 56 cars, and are capable of harvesting 131,000 kWh of energy per year. This power will be...
A Japanese team from Tokai University has taken the top spot at the World Solar Challenge, which was held at the end of last week in Australia. The team beat out the Delft University team which won four consecutive previous Challenges, and this year took second place, with the third seat going to...
Ross Miller
The very shoe-like 2010 Toyota Prius has made its official debut at this week's Detroit Auto Show. The company estimates it'll have a 50 MPG rating -- up from 46 MPG in the previous model -- and there's a bigger, 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine for improved highway mileage. In addition to Power and Eco...
Tim Stevens
Those looking for another excuse to wear a Bluetooth headset all the time just got it: iTech's $75 Dynamic SolarVoice 908. That awfully long title is applied to a conceptually simple device, a headset with a tiny solar panel on the side rated at five hours of talk time when fully charged. Sadly, though,...
Here Comes the Sun -- Engadget

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