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George Porter’s flash of insight at a lighting factory On a trip to collect a mercury arc lamp for the searchlight, Porter saw flash lamps being made at a Siemens factory. In the lab, they had been using a continuous light source without much success. He needed a faster light source. The figurative lightbulb turned on.
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To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. The receivers for optical power transmission are specialized photovoltaic cells designed to convert a single wavelength of light into electric power with very high efficiency. At the U.S.
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Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. Not good for large EV’s but great for light ones. Search This Blog Previous Post: The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? — jerryd 7.
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