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CheeseFromLidl
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Terahertz Tech Sets Stage for "Wireless Wired" Chi...
With terrahertz rectifiers you can use antennas and diodes to convert light to DC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna
K0balt
56 days ago
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Ooooh yeah! They’d have to work right at the antenna, but maybe some kind of metamaterial process could make more efficient solar panels that way? Hard To imaging that they would be cheap Though.
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