This could be the best solution to the dilemma of window coverings — especially if you live in an apartment with floor-to-ceiling windows. Designers from Kennedy & Violich Architecture of Boston, Massachusetts have developed an energy-yielding textile that uses thin, solar cells to harness the sun's energy...
doh! this is one of those moments where i would say, why didn't i think of that?! great idea! i'm wondering how they will get the energy to batteries or back into the system. will have to research and find out more.
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Great idea. But if it's not as efficient as flat panels, why not have it in a sort of blind structure? Ok, it would look like an International Space Station project when you deployed... er, pulled the shades, but my husband would go for that. Hmm... I wonder if anyone's patented that yet...
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