Solar Powered Trees
Design, Environment | (0)
A Japanese consortium have come together to create a device that looks like a plant, but is in fact a solar power generator where the cells are disguised into the fake leaves.
This is just one of their many projects to try to integrate solar technology into everyday environments. I don't see this being terribly popular, but here in London, Ontario Canada, we have metal trees that are pink, purple, yellow and orange lining the streets and I think a more realistic looking model with solar cell leaves would be much more of a benefit both to the community, and my ...