Solarial solar blimp concept could aid in catastrophe relief, terrify villagers
May 16, 2008 · Print This Article
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Getting potential to disaster-affected areas is always a solid task, but Andrew Leinonen’s undergrad industrial design thesis (and recent first place entry in the 2008 ACIDO Rocket Show) might be able to solve the problem in an efficient and intelligent way. Dubbed Solarial, the view is to use small unmanned airships made out of materials embedded with CIGS solar cells to autonomously deliver
clean potential to catastrophe sites by deploying anchored “power boxes” that have 12 total 120V outlets and 2 240V sockets. Obviously that is just a concept, but it’s a intelligent one — let’s hope someone with the cash to invent it happens finds out about it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
[Source] Nilay Patel
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