It’s staggering how little has been done in solar and wind alternative energy. I think that shows just how apathetic we are when it comes to such ideas. However, some folks have recently come up with a pretty neat idea. It involves making solar cells that look like ivy, as you can see in the flash video above. But this is also a wind generator, as you will see.
The cells look interesting climbing up the side of a building, but they also generate solar power. The interesting twist is that each leaf also carries a piezoelectric generator on the backside. So, when the wind is blowing the leaves, it is generating electricity as well. SMIT_grow as the project is called, is currently producing a lower design, but is working to get this idea into production. I would love to see the energy generation facts on this as well as cost.
