Rare is the tech story whose main development is decidedly low-tech – but not impossible. Rather than a fancy atomic clock or rat cyborgs, for instance, this tech story deals with buckets of rocks and water. Well, solar panels too, but that’s not the cool new part.
A Better Solar Panel Through Buckets of Water, Rocks
The simple frame that allows a solar panel to track the sun and increase energy production. Buckets would hang from either side. (Credit: Beth Parks)
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