Solar Panel Upgrade of the Day: A seventh-grader named Aidan Dwyer, inspired by the patterns of branches on oak trees, created a new arrangement of solar panels that generates 20-50% more energy than a the traditional flat solar array, says The Daily What.
Aidan’s solar tree design is based on the Fibonacci sequence, a pattern that’s been observed in many places in nature, including tree branches.
For his trouble, Aidan received a Young Naturalist Award from the American Museum of Natural History, and a provisional patent on his invention.
See more at www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/
Friday, August 19, 2011
Solar panel breakthrough engineered by 13 year-old: his collectors imitate the branches of oak trees
