In reply to Axil Axil's message of Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:11:39 -0400: Hi, [snip] >*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. *
I wonder how the signal is rectified? (Collecting it isn't the hard part). > > >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 >> >> Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
