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'Reverse Solar Panel' Generates Electricity at Night (www.extremetech.com)
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[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The waste heat generated by a person is one of the main concerns with designing space suits. If the tech can be scaled to accommodate that, it could change things. Unfortunately it's less useful down here.

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It looks like the reverse solar panel absorbs infrared radiation, which is a slow way to shed heat

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah that too. Could work for the niche applications mentioned, like low power satellites...

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Ah, so the matrix was right...