Imagine what you might do if you could print your own solar panels. That’s kind of the dream behind Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein’s Solar Pocket Factory — although they see it more as the “microbrewery” of panel production rather than a tool for everyone’s garage. With over $70,000 of backing from a successful Kickstarter campaign, the inventors are now working on refining the prototype. If all goes well, by April they’ll have a machine that can spit out a micro solar panel every few seconds. In the meantime, Frayne stopped by Flora Lichtman’s backyard with a few pieces of the prototype to explain how the mini-factory will work.
Printing Solar Panels in the Backyard
I think you can see how to make it on Avasva . This is just an advice 😉
Total price of this project
This is not printing. Its breaking and restacking premade cells.
don't know why so many latest comments mentions 'Avasva'. this company seems a lot like a conspiracy driven scam.
though, it would be interesting to know how 'Pocket Factory' is doing.
i only found, that in 2014 Alex Hornstein and Shawn Frayne moved to holographic imaging industry,
ref to that > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MLc-tXp_FE
How can I have this machine ?
I want you make a flexible solar Cell for my tablet and my handphone thanks
I found a detailed and accurate project on the Avasva website.
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I did it quickly and efficiently with instructions from Avasva website.
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So now the little hands will make the parts fort the "machine" that makes the solar cells? instead of the cells them self?
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Take some info about energy on Avasva . It was very helpful to me 😀
I did it with Avasva plans.
working with an energy has become much simpler with Avasva plans.
Asian workers will be relieved of their employment.
"Printing Solar Panels in the Backyard"
BULLSHIT !
theres no printer here !
so this cuts and assembles ready made solar panels. I once watched a truck placing traffic cones along the motorway – so could that truck actually be called a traffic cone printer ?.
I love it!
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so actually it makes nothing. it snaps excisting panels into smaller ones and put them in series for higher voltage… wtf amazing why would anyone need this and not just buy one. i never had the need for such a panel…… i
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Oh come on! is everything a "printer" these days? Its a really awesome innovation, I wish I had one, or had developed this. But it is a micro manufacturing operation, Unless you put raw materials in and get products out I don't think its fair to call it Printing.
excellent! have you considered incorporating grapheme?
hy again. can any buddy tell me the exact name of this cell cutting machine its price and place to buy it? regards
hy. may i know why a solar cell is cut into half for using pump grade solar panels? what difference occures when we cut it small.thanx
Que bueno el cortador con 0% pérdida de material
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is there a cutter like that you can buy?(just a cutting guillotine like that to cut the cells and make diy panels without cutting by hand or expensive laser) i googled and came up with nothing, would love to have a cutter like that, especially if its cheap and hand operated
I'm not really into replacing man power with machine, even if it saves on cost. Machines don't need to eat, people do…
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LOl why not just have the panel print to the right specifications instead of breaking up, reassembling, resoldering, and then testing and packaging. Its like why not just cut the cheese to the size you need instead of opening up each slice by a machine and reforming it to a 5lb chunk, that makes no sense at all.
I made it myself. Just go to Inplix webpage if you'd like do the same
this is a joke. its not printing but called cutting. what a waste of crowdsource fund. don't any of them have scissors at home?
Tthis is NOT PRINTING but ASSEMBLING! Title is missleading bullshit.
Yeah, how dare those sweatshop slaves earn 5 cents extra a day! Let's invent something that makes them obsolete.
How much pieces do you need for 1 W ? 1 piece can give 0.5V as I saw in the video. But how about amperage? Ofcourse we need the power in watts.
You are putting poor Chinese girls out of a job !!
This was posted in 2012. Where is it now 3 years later?
I have my doubts on cutter. and assembler. how will it solder? Good luck with the project
Its important to educate yourself before you start writing your checks. Solar panels are only expensive because they have to be encased in protective enclosures.
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quality, crowdfunding link should be at the top of the description though
this is awesome invention!
He says each cell is a half a volt …. Electricity is not measured in volts…. What about watts???
mineral effenbergerite printing on solor pannels
better check out perovskite solar panels video on C&EN oQ2bz6jlbz0 actually making solar panels
I've built a few panels by hand, mostly for the experience and to better understand what's involved. Can't believe I didn't think of shingling the cells. One of those situations where I wasn't thinking of solving the problem because I didn't recognize there was a problem. Damn it. Would have saved SO much time. Now I want to build another one just to try out that technique. Keep up the idea machine! I'm a big fan of the old saying, think of 100 ideas, try 10, and roll with 1.
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