On Feb 23, 10:04*am, G. Morgan wrote:
Hugh Jass wrote:
On 2/22/2012 2:31 AM, harry wrote:
On Feb 21, 10:51 pm, *wrote:
...Aidan Dwyer on his ‘tree leaf’ design for solar panels.

Video:

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1463131003001/14-year-olds-game-changi...

Load of complete drivel.
But then typical of the **** put out by Fox News to their dopey,
credulous, uneducated watchers.

I don't know of any news service that actually validates the news before
they report it.

This story was an interview with the kid who invented it. *He also
was invited to meet the POTUS for his accomplishment.

Does this concept actually work?

Did you watch the video? *Yes, it works - well.

Watch which video? The video provided in this thread
only shows the kid giving an interview. It shows
nothing to support the claim that the design provides
more power than the same size fixed array pointing in
the optimum solar direction or that it's going to
revolutionize the solar industry. It's been pointed out
that the kid apparently measured the open circuit
voltage, NOT power. And despite this having been
pointed out months ago, the kid says "I guess I
measured the wrong kind of ....thing....." Host chimes
in with "Voltage versus power." So, despite having
been told that what he measured is totally wrong, he's
too lazy to even understand what it is he's trying to do.
At his age, I understood voltage, power and current.
And this is supposed to be some kind of genius?

Unbelievable how naive and totally lacking of any
knowledge of science or scientific methods the media
are and how gullible some people can be. But sadly
it does show where the country is from an education
standpoint. No child left behind indeed.




**** if I know but I'd rather have a
freestanding 'solar tree' in my yard than a bunch of solar panels bolted
to my roof.

You probably wouldn't when you find out the cost and that it
produces substantially LESS power than a conventional
array. For certain applications
where aesthetics override, a tree could be
a viable alternative. But that apparently has been done
before and isn't anything new.



Again, had you watched the interview, you would know it was
discussed and a primary reason for alternative to roof-mounting.

I did watch the video, where it's claimed that this is a
discovery that is gonna change the solar industry and
offered NOTHING to substantiate it. What video did
you watch?