[greenchuck]

just wondering if there is anyone out there that plays with robotics or any other microcontroller projects? I went back to school after my back broke in 2000 and discovered the world of electronics and computer controlled machines. now after 3 degrees in embedded system programming and mechatronics i found a use for this new knowledge. solar energy. i am starting to build a data logger for panel output in volts and current before and after a new nanoparticle coating this company discovered. sound like something a WTer might do. use the suns energy to power manmade sunlight inside. analog to digital then back again.............hummmm
chuck

[early mornin stoned pimp]

VERY COOL!
always thought it would be a great idea to use solar panels to power grow lights
for one, you're off the grid, for another, it makes growing even that much cheaper! (after initial costs of course)

let us know how it works out!

[wowaddict]

Grats on your degrees. I too broke the back, painful bugger :)

Thought i would toss out a link on the thin film solar discovery.

This could soon be used in paint. Yep. House paint and even car paint.

Free power from the sun is getting waaay cheaper very soon.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007...bering-oil.php