New Stretchable Solar Cells Will Power Artificial Electronic 'Super Skin' from Science Daily
"ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2011) — "Super skin" is what Stanford researcher Zhenan Bao wants to create. She's already developed a flexible sensor that is so sensitive to pressure it can feel a fly touch down. Now she's working to add the ability to detect chemicals and sense various kinds of biological molecules. She's also making the skin self-powering, using polymer solar cells to generate electricity. And the new solar cells are not just flexible, but stretchable -- they can be stretched up to 30 percent beyond their original length and snap back without any damage or loss of power." Read More
You have to admit that this is kind of odd news. What energy crisis?
Minnesota couple wake up to deer in bed from azcentral.com
EAGAN, Minn. - "A deer smashed through a window, skittered across a couple's bed and landed in the bathroom. Colleen Slattery and her partner, Beau Williams, were sleeping in Saturday and immediately thought someone was breaking into their first-floor apartment here.
"The glass shattered as the deer galloped across us in bed," Colleen Slattery said." Read More
Wonder if the wolf pack chasing the deer followed?
Magnetic Boy! Wonder if a bath could fix this problem?
