Solar Balloon Cell

We really like seeing these kinds of creations and innovations. Hopefully more of it will come to fruition on a large scale.


stumbleupon.com: New Solar Balloon Creates 400 Times More Energy Than The Average Solar Cell

The concept behind this design is that they create an “inflatable plastic thin-film balloon (solar concentrator) that, upon inflation, focuses sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell held at its focal point.