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Edit: theres an actually good demo video showing the real state of the tech rather than mockups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NORPeCcIXRQ buried below in the comments so just surfacing higher. everything else is artists lying to you.

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> Glass surfaces can also generate energy. The microoptical layer in the window pane absorbs incident sunlight and transmits it in concentrated form to a solar cell. This combines the advantages of conventional windows – natural light and an unrestricted view – with the additional benefit of efficient energy production.

what? holy shit?



Nah, this will only be good enough for sensor-level power (like 5W from a whole window). Only useful in very limited circumstances. It's not going to replace normal solar power.


but like, thats enough for the camera to power itself. pretty cool no? we can deploy this tech without plugging it in.


It is, but do you really want your windows to have integrated cameras? You can't just add this on to a window because the light is transported to the edge of the glass and that is inaccessible in normal windows.


>deploy this tech without plugging it in

you mean because it can also power a wireless transmitter or a large memory array storage? cuz a hologram that's not "plugged into something" might turn out to not be that useful.


Since you can run a PI on that level of power it seems enough?


I guess it might be not enough if the day is not sunny enough


5W is nothing to sneeze at.


5W is enough to power an ESP32


That video is pretty cool. Truly an invisible camera.




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