Comments on: Carbon nanotubes generate current from light, may yield solar power http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2012 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: John Novak http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2012#comment-5634 John Novak Wed, 24 Aug 2005 05:39:01 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2012#comment-5634 I don't have easy access to the journal they cite, so I can't check the primary source. But I would have been much more impressed with the PR piece had they given some technical details-- even a simple measure of the conversion efficiency, to peg against existing technology. I don’t have easy access to the journal they cite, so I can’t check the primary source. But I would have been much more impressed with the PR piece had they given some technical details– even a simple measure of the conversion efficiency, to peg against existing technology.

]]> By: @ Monkeysign http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2012#comment-5632 @ Monkeysign Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:35:56 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2012#comment-5632 <strong>When is a breakthrough a breakthrough?</strong> In the world of the press release, the word “breakthrough” is overused to the point that when many PV enthusiasts see it they immediately assume that it is code for “we have no product yet, but give us money anyway.” When is a breakthrough a breakthrough?

In the world of the press release, the word “breakthrough” is overused to the point that when many PV enthusiasts see it they immediately assume that it is code for “we have no product yet, but give us money anyway.”

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