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Old 03-23-2016, 01:16 AM   #53 (permalink)
Isaac Zackary
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Flexible rectangular solar panels. The light that reflects off their surfaces focuses on a thermocouple mast in the center.
Haha! When I saw the email from this thread (I'm subscribed automatically it seems) I thought it was something serious! But this is hilarious!

On a similar note, I had thought about putting together some sort of huge parabolic tent like structure, but upsidedown, and made of a reflective material like space blankets or something. Then suspend a gallium arsenide panel in the middle. But with the slightest wind...
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