13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing the Fibonacci Sequence

Re:13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing ... by yxhuvud on Friday August 19, 2011 @02:15AM (#2902441)

Moving parts cost a lot though. There is a reason for trees not to have them.

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Re:13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing ... by MichaelApproved on Friday August 19, 2011 @02:24AM (#2902460)

But sunflowers have moving parts and they track the sun beautifully.

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Re:13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing ... by randomdata on Friday August 19, 2011 @02:54AM (#2902520)

But the equipment starts to fail quite rapidly, especially when compared to a tree.

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Re:13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing ... by sjs on Friday August 19, 2011 @02:52AM (#2902512)

Sunflowers don't stick around for dozens of years or more.

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Re:13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing ... by baq on Friday August 19, 2011 @02:36AM (#2902477)

most plants try to aim leaves at the sun. don't know about trees, but certainly whatever i've got growing in pots does that.

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Re:13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing ... by sliverstorm on Friday August 19, 2011 @02:57AM (#2902524)

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