Drake here with some  more rubbish content for the girls and boys who avoid reading my blag.

"Konarka Technologies is a company which is trying to develop new ways of producing solar energy, with its headquarters in Lowell, Massachusetts and it was founded in 2001. On 4th of March they announced that they have successfully tested the manufacturing process of inkjet printed solar cells. This project was published in a journal called “Advanced Materials” entitled “High Photovoltaic Performance of Inkjet Printed Polymer:Fullerene Blends” and it was developed by a Konarka team consisting of Dr. Stelios A. Choulis, Claudia N. Hoth, Dr. Pavel Schilinsky and Dr. Christoph J. Brabec.

According to Rick Hess, president and CEO at Konarka, this a big step for more efficient solar cells and here are a few of his words: “demonstrating the use of inkjet printing technology as a fabrication tool for highly efficient solar cells and sensors with small area requirements is a major milestone”, also he said: “this essential breakthrough in the field of printed solar cells positions Konarka as an emerging leader in printed photovoltaics”.

Inkjet printing can be used anytime, anywhere because it’s compatible with various materials and substances, and it’s an easy-to-use technique." I saw it here.

This is cool.

What would be really cool.... IS when I can buy one of these cartridges and stick it in my inkjet printer. Imagine printing out a solar panel anytime a project needed it, and just clipping some alligator clips on for power. Or if it's cheap enough just running them out for poor people. Laminating them and covering your boat for under 100 bucks. Similar to that other company that focused on producing the stuff. Nanosolar  if memory servers correctly. They had the right idea all along, focus on the manufacturing to get the cost down, not some magical new method of producing solar power. Oh well. This is another manufacturing focused project that will be really cool for hobbyists.