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by K0balt 220 days ago
I’m curious, how so?
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CheeseFromLidl 218 days ago
With terrahertz rectifiers you can use antennas and diodes to convert light to DC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna

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K0balt 217 days ago
Ooooh yeah! They’d have to work right at the antenna, but maybe some kind of metamaterial process could make more efficient solar panels that way? Hard To imaging that they would be cheap Though.
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