Many solar cells use reflectors to focus sunlight on the cell. This could be another good application of this technology.

No replies to this post really demonstrates how clueless and inexperienced /. readers are these days.

Real time kernels? Did they resolve the funding issue?

Either I should stop buying Google ads because they are severely overstating their exposure or people within the United States of America are not Google's primary customer base.

When my 3yr old sticks a forked prong in my DC electrical outlet, what is the safety factor compared to the current AC plugs?

The poster did not specify that they wanted to keep the job, only to land it.

Enough C++ to get the job.

BOOM Ima hacker now!

I'm ready to get rich off the Firefox foundation the second my underage child gets an ad for an adult only site.

I don't think there would be a Hollywood blockbuster and funding of related programs if there wasn't at least some social awareness. Ethan Siegel's audience is a little more targeted.

I find it likely that one of Siegel's friends didn't get funding in favor of a more "cockamamie" program related to asteroid detection (which itself is more likely a cover for a US military radar installation).

They need to know how operate a cash register, fry machine, lawn mower, espresso machine and be able to take care of other people's children.

*ba doom ching*

Actually, as you can see in the picture, the trick is to use a more bulbous head to better pierce and part the atmosphere.

This post almost blew my mind as much as the transition from Gaelic to English at the beginning of the 13th Warrior. Your understanding of the differences between English and German is so fantastic that I think the *WHOOSH* sound went above most everybody's head on the joke you set up from the very beginning. You are much appreciated good sir/madam.