*Just like a radio, the weakness of this technology is that the wave length of the heat radiation must be tightly confined to an exact frequency for the infrared signal to be received with efficiency. The key to improving this approach is to allow wide band infrared reception. *
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.tomsguide.com/us/solar-power-nantennan-research-eletricity-power,news-11217.html > > > "While he did not provide specifics, the university stated that the > scientist > developed a nantenna - a thin, moldable sheet of small antennas - that can > "harvest the heat from industrial processes and convert it into usable > electricity." In the near future, this idea is intended to be used for a > direct > solar facing nantenna device that is able to collect "solar irradiation in > the > near infrared and optical regions of the solar spectrum." > > harry > >
