A new mechanism for focusing light on small areas of photovoltaic material could make solar power in residential and commercial applications cheaper than electricity from the grid in most markets in the next few years...at half the cost of conventional so
Synthetic dyes similar to chlorophyll and hemoglobin will generate electricity from solar cells at 1/10th the cost of normal silicon-based photovoltaic cells.
Open source is changing the face of computing and challenging $billion companies, what could it do if this community based R&D is focused on other areas such as the environment, energy production, medicine or food supply? An organization free from profit margins and government restraints could change the world.