Origami Flasher Solar Panels

Lang robert j spencer magleby and larry howell.

Origami flasher solar panels.

Origami inspired solar panel could start generating renewable electricity from your window this unique origami inspired solar panel has the potential to turn windows into a source of electricity. The working tabletop prototype of the. Single degree of freedom rigidly foldable origami flashers. For more information on the design of the solar panel see these publications.

Designing a solar panel with origami folds required some clever engineering origami is intended to work with paper but even the thinnest solar panels are several times thicker than heavy weight. The application of origami to solar arrays isn t new but it is a mostly undiscovered frontier. This origami screen turns your windows into solar panels solgami wants to give apartment dwellers a chance to generate their own solar power without blocking your natural light. Trease and the team created an origami like fold that can transform an 82 foot 25 meter solar panel into a much more manageable 8 9 foot 2 7 m diameter.

One notable earlier example involved the use of an origami fold developed by astrophysicist koryo. Zirbel shannon a et al. Now imagine that planet is in another solar system where the bright light of its parent star is outshining everything around it.