Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world. Blog Archive » Solar-panel “trees” really are inferior (or: “In which hopelessly inept journalists reduce me to having to debunk a school science project”) This article is reproduced from here. For some reason it has been taken down from his blog… I have the intention of writing this very post on this blog, and I may well still do so, but for now here is someone else’s… Just to be clear, this is not a scam! It is, however, a really good example of really sloppy journalism. Solar breakthrough? Some poor 13-year-old kid is all over the news as having made a “solar breakthrough”. Usual suspects: This is his writeup: [AMNH] The Secret of the Fibonacci Sequence in Trees Essential summary: This is, I’m sad to say, clear nonsense.
Broken Experiment Most importantly, by mistake he did not measure power outputs from the solar cells. The actual power delivered by a solar cell is not linearly related to the open-circuit voltage; actually, as a semiconductor, it has a horribly nonlinear relationship. [National Instruments] Photovoltaic Cell I-V Characterization Theory The kid is measuring VOC. [BP Solar] 3 series solar panels Polycrystalline (Data sheet) ?
? Solar Tree Foundation. Le Secret de la séquence de Fibonacci dans les arbres. As I headed to the exhibit where the hamadryas baboons ( Papio hamadryas ) resided, I knew something interesting would happen over the next few hours. As I walked into the exhibit, I found two mothers pulling their infants' tails to keep them from straying. This particular act reminded me of how some parents put leashes on their children so they won't wander too far. This example demonstrated how similar the behavior of hamadryas baboons and humans can be. Throughout my life I have enjoyed observing animals and the way they interact with their surroundings. Walking through parks I have watched squirrels, birds and other animals, always curious to know what their actions meant.
Consequently, when I had the opportunity to study the hamadryas baboons at the Prospect Park Zoo, I decided to focus my research on their behavior. When I visit zoos, I always wonder how much the animals' behavior is affected by their captivity. Simen, a 19-year-old Alpha Male Figure 2: Completed Ethogram for Matara. Comparatif matériaux. Biomimicry 3.8.