Sunday, January 1, 2012

Solar Paint

So apparently there's solar paint now.  From the Scientific American blog:

"The paint contains nanoparticles of titanium dioxide—which gives whiteness to sunscreen and powdered sugar. The particles are coated with semiconducting cadmium nanocrystals, and mixed with water and alcohol, to create a golden yellow paste. The researchers dubbed the product “Sunbelievable.” They brushed it onto a conductive glass electrode, and attached that to a counter-electrode, to create a complete circuit."

So can I paint myself with this stuff and basically make my own energy like a plant?  Apparently it comes in any color.  Let's paint the world green. 

Happy New Year, spaceship Earth.

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