The Daily Mail reports that Milan Karki, an 18 year old Nepalese student has developed a new kind of solar panel which uses human hair instead of silicon as a conductor.
Melanin, the pigment that colors hair, is light-sensitive, and can act as a conductor of electricity. With hair being far cheaper than silicon, the cost of Karki’s panels is extremely low – about £23.
These home-made solar panels are capable of producing 9 V of electricity – enough juice to charge a mobile phone, or a battery powered light.
[Daily Mail via Switched]
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September 11th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Wow,this guy is genius.I guess solar industry will change soon.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:24 am
It would be wonderful if it were true. Unfortunately, it’s been shown to be hoax. You can Google “nepal hair solar panel hoax” or see this article and others like it: http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/09/12/a-nepalese-solar-panel-made-from-human-hair-were-not-convinced/
September 20th, 2009 at 5:54 pm