TED Talks
Angela Belcher: Using nature to grow batteries
Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful...
TED Talks
TED: Forget Wi-Fi. Meet the new Li-Fi Internet | Harald Haas
What if we could use existing technologies to provide Internet access to the more than 4 billion people living in places where the infrastructure can't support it? using off-the-shelf LeDs and solar cells, Harald Haas and his team have...
TED Talks
TED: The future we're building -- and boring | elon Musk
elon Musk discusses his new project digging tunnels under LA, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX and his motivation for building a future on Mars in conversation with TeD's Head Curator, Chris Anderson.
TED Talks
Bill Gross: A solar energy system that tracks the sun
Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells -- and some questions we haven't...
Curated Video
Solar cell
Also called a photovoltaic cell, a device that converts light directly into electricity. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science...
Curated Video
Alternative Energies Cup: Solar Powered Cars Race at Suzuka
The video showcases the 12th FIA Alternative Energies Cup in Japan, where solar-powered cars race on the Suzuka track. The event highlights the growing popularity of environmentally friendly technologies and serves as a development forum...
Curated Video
Solar Limitations
Solar physicist Jenny Nelson, Imperial College, describes how we know that there is a basic limitation of efficiency of energy conversion of a solar cell that follows from our understanding of the panchromatic nature of the sun.
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring the Sources of Electricity
In this video, we explore the various sources of electricity that power our homes and devices. From power plants using coal, oil, or water to generate electricity, to batteries relying on chemical reactions, and even solar cells...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The Space Launch System: Part 1
Paul Bookout and David Smith talk about the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V: The Space Launch System. The experts discuss what the rocket is made of, where it will go, and what will be inside. HWHAP Episode 41
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 50, Futuristic Space Technologies Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program Executive Jason Derleth discusses visionary concepts that could transform future space missions.
Science360
Engines of Curiosity: Award-Winning Museums Look to the Future
2015 Public Service Award winners extend their reach beyond those iconic buildings, into classrooms, curriculum and the lives of students. Winners of the Public Service Award, The Museum of Science in Boston and New York City’s American...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Solar Power for the Moon, with Lyndsey McMillon-Brown
As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon through the Artemis program, engineers are working on technologies that will give these explorers power – solar power, that is. In space, the harsh radiation and huge temperature changes...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Scouting an Asteroid
Les Johnson and Julie Castillo-Rogez describe an experiment that will be deployed from the Artemis I mission to explore a near-Earth asteroid. HWHAP Episode 235.
Curated Video
The Many Uses and Components of Common Elements
Let's take a look back at the elements chlorine, titanium, gallium, potassium, and nickel.
Science360
Spray-On Solar
Chemical engineers at the University of Texas - Austin may be getting closer to much more efficient solar panels, using ""spray-on"" photvoltaic panels, With support from the National Science Foundation, Brian Korgel and his team are...
Next Animation Studio
Solar cells that can peel-and-stick to anything
Researchers at Stanford have invented flexible photovoltaics that peel and stick like stickers. Previously, fabricating thin-film solar cells on substrates besides silicon and glass was difficult due to the fact that nonconventional...
Science360
QESST for solar power to feed an energy hungry world - Science Nation
Modern society is very much defined by its access to electricity. What if researchers could advance sustainable energy technologies to the point where everyone around the world had access to clean, cheap energy sources? Richard Smalley,...
Science360
A clear path to solar power
Solar cells integrated into new construction, particularly skyscrapers, are an enticing energy option. However, this effort can be hampered by the cost and architectural considerations sometimes needed to mount traditional photovoltaic...
Curated Video
How Do Solar Panels Work?
Solar panels are rectangular objects made up of individual solar cells, which capture sunlight and generate electricity. These cells are made from silicon, a semiconductor material found in sand. When sunlight hits the cells, it causes...
Curated Video
Exploring the Wonders of Gallium
This video provides a comprehensive description of gallium, its discovery, properties, and various applications in different industries.
Curated Video
Introduction to Germanium: Properties and Applications
This video provides an overview of the element germanium. It describes the physical properties of germanium and its discovery by Clemens Winkler. The video also discusses the various uses of germanium, such as in semiconductors, optical...
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Zener Diode
It explains the Zener diode as voltage regulator, t explains about LED and its advantages, Optoelectronic junction devices, photodiode and its IV characteristics and solar cell.
Science360
Solar Power - Green Revolution
In this episode of Green Revolution, learn how solar cells capture energy from the sun, and how scientists and engineers are improving this technology so you can use the power of the sun on the go. Visit the full Green Revolution...
Curated Video
Affordable, flexible solar power technologies
AP Television
San Francisco, California - December, 18 2012
1. Low angle solar panels on roof of Chinatown Public Health Centre
2. Charles Sheehan walking next to solar panels
3. Profile Charles Sheehan
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles...