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Green screens: energy-collecting LCDs coming soon

Green screens: energy-collecting LCDs coming soon

Your smart phone, iPad, or other LCD device may soon be able to recharge using solar energy. The colorful, high resolution LCDs on smart phones and other devices consume a lot of energy and quickly drain battery life; however, engineers at UCLA are developing one alternative. The engineers have created photovoltaic polarizers that sit over […]

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