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Solar power breakthrough

"New solar cells developed by Massey University don't need direct sunlight to operate and use a patented range of dyes that can be impregnated in roofs, window glass and eventually even clothing to produce power...

"Not only is it environmentally friendly ... but it costs a fraction of the price of silicon cells."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4017784a13.html

Nanogenerator Provides Continuous Electrical Power

Device harvests energy from the environment to provide direct current

"Atlanta (April 5, 2007) — Researchers have demonstrated a prototype nanometer-scale generator that produces continuous direct-current electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, mechanical vibration or blood flow."

http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1326