Teenager invents $50 solar panel made from human hair | grooveTEK.net
by BuddhaBoy on 09/09/09 at 9:38 pm
Hair-raising: Science student Milan Karki with his innovative solar panel made with human hair while a friend holds a light bulb above his head.
A new type of solar panel using human hair could provide the world with cheap, green electricity, believes its teenage inventor.
Milan Karki, 18, who comes from a village in rural Nepal, believes he has found the solution to the developing world’s energy needs.
The young inventor says hair is easy to use as a conductor in solar panels and could revolutionise renewable energy.
Close shave: Milan (second from right) demonstrates his solar panel in a tiny barber shop in Kathmandu
