Hybrid Solar Lighting

[miker140]

What if you wanna turn the lights off?

[Rumality]

WTF!!!!1, i jst thought of this, and i was like hey lemme google this in case some asshole made it. turns out someone did :(. IT WAS MY IDEA !!!!

[BAYSTATENINJETTE]

The whole point of sunlight is not just visible light, but UV and IR. It warms and helps make vit. D. lol

[derman077]

That is SO weird. I had this same idea around the same time. There is also a guy in the 3rd world who does this with recycled 20 oz soda bottles. Freakin cool! I can't wait until I get my hands on a fiber optic bundle.

[Xringer]

Retail stores with natural light sell 40% more than those with artificial light???

LOL!!! That is a total crock of BS..

That roof-top solar tracker (looks like a military radar dish) likely cost about 50 times as much as using CFL or LED lamps powered by solar PV.. (Which isn't cheap)..

[enyonboy]

@Xringer ehm? as they said basically its just two parabolic mirrors, i would say your likely cost guess is wrong.

[robertmyers78]

well its almost the end of 2010 how is you product as of now.

[Alequisandro]

Muitas possibilidades.

[MrAncientalien]

did GE and big oil kill this guy too?

how come we keep giving all are money to GE and big oil? i dont like giving my hard earned money to murders. lolz truth harts

[Torcika]

Why don't they make like an alternative source to the fiber-optics,like a light bulb,passing it's light trough the fibers,when the sun is hidden by the clouds?Better to have one light bulb than 4-5. Maybe make a light enhancing lens,to make it possible to use an economic bulb.don't stop here

[MrEnergyCzar]

Great video...I converted my home to a net-zero solar powered home that uses no oil or gas...I made a video about it called, "Preparing for Peak Oil"....

[mikethezipper]

bullcrap. The whole video is a pile of crap. What they NEGLECT to mention is that the cost of the system vs the money saved means that with energy saving fluorescent bulbs, it would take over ten years to repay the initial investment. Sure, two fiber optic cable CAN transmit the same amount of light as a 60w bulb, but with the setup he has, that isn't possible. do the math. The amount of energy the sun gives off in that space of say 4sq ft is much less than 60W*100cables

[Dragonstud]

so simple and free!!!

[garagecrap]

Is it possible to buy just the optic fibre cable?

[Dragonstud]

yes

[o0o0o0oo0oo0o0o0o]

yes, electrical supply house!

[srofficial06]

ing stations would be directed en masse to what might be described as an highly insulated pressure capable sub terranean " thermos bottle " into which would be gravity fed hot distilled water which would be flash fired into steam which would then be allowed back up to the surface to turn an electricity generating turbine ? the reason for distilled water is to prevent scale buildup which would reduce the efficiency of the reflective surface of the sub terranean boiler

[xxx777aaa]

my friend.your so silly for thinking intelligently! but guess what? type in solar steam engine and youll see what peolpe are doing..! you could do it in your backyard...! fantastico! right now im working on a solar yard light and attatching it to a dollar store 20 mw radio to see if i can get freeradio during daytime/night etc ! !!

[srofficial06]

yeah i saw a pgm on tv about this some years ago A japanese scientist came up with this ? called it " sunflowers " So the UV rays are deliberately eliminated ? I was thinking of one possible application of this technology which would utilize the high end high tempurature capable glass fiber optics which would pretty much consist of your concentrating mirror(s) and your bowl shaped gathering lens but rather than separating off your strands to various loacations all the light from multiple gather

[o0o0o0oo0oo0o0o0o]

hmmmmm not bad

[boomtao]

That is a beautiful technology!!!

[gunchibaiyya]

OK, how do you switch off this thing when you don't need it?

[electrique527]

Eh... you want to waste energy by switching off something that is free? ;)

I am think of a shutter.... thats the easiest?

[gunchibaiyya]

I suppose it is not very difficult to imagine that there will be people who would want the light to be switched off for any sane reason. I was talking from that point of view.

Shutter is a low tech solution, and, as you rightly mentioned, the easiest. But if low tech solution is what we were aiming at, why not build entire house of glass. Then use shutters.

The point of my question was, that this cool technology should come with a switch off button, which is not shown in the video.

[zorg87]

I'm thinking the same question :/

[Warsong27]

Great idea. If combined with new solar energy panels (that store energy in passive systems (that are 95% more effective than past technolgoies (and/ or geothermal technology)) this would be perfect. The distance probablem could be resolved easily. Fiber optic distance enhancers already allow fiber optics to go half a mile; hence problem solved.

[qumer]

so what is the current situation of this technology ? What is the consumer price?

[mrenergyfarmer]

vvbb vcvvv

[Cleanthinkingde]

wow - what an idea in sense of cleantech! Keep on clean thinking!

[ha1e]

but it only works when sun is up, and thats the time when you dont need it.

[321ozzy]

ha1e, "but it only works when sun is up, and thats the time when you dont need it. "

Have you ever been in big office buildings?

The light there comes mainly from artificial light.

[victor2cutube]

use OLED instead of fluorescent and coat the fiber optic cables too much light is lost otherwise..

[RosaeCrucis57]

This is a great idea here...simple and effective.

[threestarpr]

This is one way we will get out of this shit economy. Good going guys!!

[Wahlmic]

Was the cussing really necessary? You make yourself sound stupid while trying to convey a different message.

[c5elmo76]

hey I have a use for this that you have not thought of It could be very ...very lucrative ...I am trying to file a patent right now for it but I need to show it would work. so contact me please with your email....I will really revolutionize the world.

[IamWalt]

It amazes me how many times the wheel gets reinvented. They used to use prisms to light lower levels of ships, yet this is considered cutting edge technology?

[swamibodh]

ottimo

[svesolar]

please contact me for a heliostat concept

[Exevien]

This video is informative, tho seasonal effective disorder? I have to laugh at that one.

[0urGaia]

I have solar lighting already, its called a window.

[mindstormsabrewin]

If you took 10 florescent light tubes and spray painted them black. Then connect them in series. Lay them in the sun over a large mirror. The heat from the sun will activate the phosphor particles in the tubes, generating a current across the gas inside that amplifies itself along the axis of the tube. This is known as the "Shtupp effect", named after the famous German scientist Werner Von Humpenshtuppen. The energy produced in this small system can power a locomotive.

[FearTurtles]

Can you provide a source for your infomation? I just googled Werner and it only showed your comment here.

[CheekyMonkey888]

Humpenshtuppen, read it slowly

[ometec]

mindstormsabrewin  spammed that comment word for word at least 100 times across the web. google "Shtupp effect".

Unfortunately, it never lads to anything real.

The light tubre would shatter from the heat generated.

[jimmorrisoniv]

it would be awesome if they replaced the 9v battery with solar power.

[adnanahmad23]

spectacular, but yeah night time would still be a challenge

[Shazam0]

But uhh. What about at Night time XD

[bilzoo2000]

That's why its called HYBRID solar lighting, at night nearly 100% of the power is from the lights, during the day about 20% depending on weather.

[ZZAKON]

Just AWESOME, my mind is swimming in ideas by knowing this!!!! omg :-D

[proverb311031]

The range can be extended easily! I figured that out a long time ago!

[beebea9]

Sound so easy to install, but will Hydro like the competition?

[CaptBart]

Why run the solar tracker on a 9v battery (irony) why not solar cells?

As for the limited range, can mirrors or Fresnel lenses be used in a chain of sorts, to reach other floors?

[humexavier]

Great Idea but why does everybody use a dish why not use a globe shape solar collector. Dishes always need to move but a ball shaped solar collecting, can get all angles on its panels. A application like a light hub, for your limitations of transfering the light across the entire building, just use a hub of collecting the energy and send it to a electric battery and then send it to the second floor.

[AnnyPan]

Hey people, I'm actually involved in the development of a PSS (product service system) about a similar product, so if anybody is interested in talking about solar lighting, please contact me! Anny

[ashwynanand]

hey send me details about your product and the cost.

[How2MakeSolarPanel]

Hey, I have full instructions on how to make your own Solar Panel)

[ometec]

oooooohhh!

how special

[crazydak95]

oops sorry my mistake soz bit of a dipshit lol SOZ :(

[crazydak95]

WTF it said there would be lighting in the fucking video it is a load of shite

[astralislux]

Ironically, there is still no system that's cheaper than oil or coal. No family with an average household salary can build a solar system, including this system, and save money. Everyone who builds these systems always talk about critical mass to make these systems afordable, but we're now at 30 years and there's still no technology that can do it. It's disappointing.

[dragonlaughing]

You can build one of these systems for a few hundred dollars. You'd have to do the work of putting it together. But it's not rocket science. This will be one of the first things that will be adopted for store lighting and home lighting.

[mrnatron]

There is no cheaper system based on your need of consumption;Notice,If you adapted to a more efficient model, the affordability grows as your willingness to change your consumption does.What I am saying is you can't save money using solar if your current inefficient home/lifestyle demands more than you can supply whithout the luxury of fossil fuel.

[astralislux]

I'm not lowering my standard of living so I can pay more for more expensive electricity. That's obscene!

[mrnatron]

The people in this country that are saving allot of money on there homes energy are making changes and investing in there own systems and not bitching about why they can,t get cheep power and waist it like you.I suggest you close the door on your trailer home,turn off the gas fireplace and wait until the power fairy arrives at your door with endless free power.

[astralislux]

I don't understand why one can't have abundant power to live well without someone trying to tell me how to live. I've lived in other countries where energy was very expensive and institutions where people study and work were always dark and uncomfortable, all in the name of conservation. That isn't the quality of life that I want. The idea that solar energy is supposed to be cheaper and provide has never come to fruition for 30 years.

[Tr1llobite]

build a rechargeable 9v battery connected to a solar panel that produces 9v with single pass diodes and you can have the panel run all day (and i guess night) and be able to move around even when there is not enough light at sunrise for the solar panel alone to move around, and you'll never have to replace the battery :D

[Cr3ativity]

Interesting innovation. I wonder, they mentioned that the 9V battery runs for ~ a week. Now, when it eventually runs out of energy does it recharge itself using solar panels? That is, if the 9V battery is rechargeable in the first place. Anyways, fiber optic lighting is an old innovation. The only difference here is that the person decided to concentrate pure sunlight through a lens which is attached to fiber optics. Still a great power saver!

[milespapineau]

around how much for my house

[deed023]

Employers don't want you to feel like you should go home. They want artificial light to trick you into working for them ALL NIGHT. "Boss, what's the ti-" "WORK TIME". :F

[Trillion08]

Interesting... I might be looking into this.

[dusteroo]

Hey this is like what was used in the movie, "Pitch Black" ..

[humexavier]

Nano solar cells energized with a nano laser, from a distance of a meter, and even under water/ used in energize a Atomic submarine core to charge devices like the core clock and temputure from a distance of three meters from the atomic core devices, safer no wires needed just a nano laser charging nano solar cells just laser ray instead of the sun light.

[harpreet928]

interesting very interesting

[RougeSpud]

YEAR 10 SIS PHYSICS CLASS

[boxa888]

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[cdltpx]

ERASE, ERASE, ERASE.I just realized what site I was commenting on. No I am not high. I just realized that I could find all my past post and have spent the night replying to all post. This process that this man has invented is remarkable I want to introduce this in my home.

[cdltpx]

There is a video where a man has a business that uses a 9-volt battery to track the sun he uses fiber to deliver light to indoors. He filters out the unwanted waves uses it to reduce energy consumption and reduce depression. I don't remember where I saw it but I was searching solar lighting and he popped up with an operating business.

[cdltpx]

You are right fiber optics could work in a underground grow operation cut your lighting cost in half. I bet utilities and DEA use your electric consumption, your utility bill and your homes temperature as a barometer to who is growing at home. I conclude this because that is how they find weed from the air it has a specific temp different from other plants. Fiber cable can be used for solar usage and considerably increase output and deliver light just where you need it.Get you some experiment!

[bellaggio1770]

This company should seek tied with fiberoptics manufacturers, make it a partnership. Here's my question: Why don't you just put more windows in your ceiling through which the sun shines directly?

[housechores]

The modification to the infrastructure of most commercial buildings would be too costly. Residential yes I agree.

[jimmybilbo]

Business will look at system and installation costs compared to the anticipated electricity bill over 7 years or so. Chances are, many of them would would upgrade if the gains were not trivial, and I suspect some companies will use this in all new buildings.

[unimdeep]

hey...in biiiig stores like wal mart the outer wall could be far away.. hence windows will not help.

[unimdeep]

oops sorry..didnt read ur q properly..skylights cannot prevent glare and would be dull on cloudy days..

[bellaggio1770]

Yes, unless the skylight has intelligent glass that becomes more opaque when the sun shines and more transparent when it is cloudy.

[rugbysk8er]

the glass wouldnt be as strong wen in a wind or snow or rain

[upaiaq]

Wow indoor cannabis growers will love this!

[Choice777]

hahaha

[swelime]

Shut the fuck up!

[LatteLiberal]

This is stupid. Just drill for more oil or kick out all the arabs who hold our oil hostage! I will NOT bend over for the liberal left solar hippies who fund abortion, homosex, art, feminazis, veganism, satanism and environmentalism.

[Krattli]

Cut down on your electricity bill, yeaH CoOl but at what price and cost for a Hybrid and with night running hours? Retail stores are also ope in the evenings! rigth? The costs is greater then the savings over the 20 years. The Idea is cool!

[LatteLiberal]

Yeah, but if you invest in the STOCK MARKET like a NORMAL American youll get your money back in a WEEK!

[cdltpx]

The cost can be cut and they could use quality glass fiber if they would recycle the telecom fiber that is cut by accident. These lengths are useless to the telecom if they are cut and it takes just a little tire pressure to damage a bundle and cause it to be replaced.

[bjornsimundson]

very good point. Perhaps I wonder if there is a bunch of this stuff laying about somewhere from the transcontinental fiberoptic pipeline laid in 10-15 years ago...

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[FilmPA]

S.A.D.? or O.Y.W.? (Open Your Windows)

[phazonxl]

cool!

[Dilekz]

Ok i am all in for PV panels.. but this is just to strange. Who needs light in an office at DAY ? i mean common AD windows and "you have light" heeh

[elreservista]

muy bueno si, pero que costo tiene?

[1Amiel1]

Great idea on conserving energy. I don't think British Columbia would be needing one of the Hybrid Solar Lighting, we already have our Hydros. But, I would like to get one of those that lasts 20 years. Think how much money I would save without paying the electric bill.

[bjhorton2005]

Didn't they say it uses about the power of a 9volt battery? I think they were using it to demonstrate how much power it uses, I somehow doubt that you actually install a 9v battery. come on people, it's hard wired

[apheta]

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[jeffgrave]

Do a search on you tube for "net metering" and watch my video about a company that will install and maintain (at their cost) a solar array and associated electronics.

[antiapostleooo1]

the only thing that sucks is the uv striping... ruins it as an indoor grow light

[cptmo007]

GOOD IDEA, Now all you need is to pay me to do the marketing!!!!!!! and boo ya every store will have natural hybrid light. At least some people are doing a good job towards the solution

[KnightChatX]

Or how about to makeup for the 30ft of slack make an optional socket that plugs into the existing household outlet and cut power costs and maintainance that way. cut the length of the fiber optics and run an amplifier circuit with a couple of capacitors with some lightweight electrical wire and connect an ultrabright LED or lightsource to a section in a socket then allow the light to extend the length of the now shortened fiber optic lighting element.

[iindium]

Y oh Y don't they use a small solar pannel for the 9v battery and get the whole thing non-maintenance. i mean its not a Huge jump i can't belive they missed that =( scientists are so narrow minded.

[active650guy]

Yea.. who wants to go up on their roof once a week to replace a small 9v battery? Just add a solar panel to recharge the 9v battery.

[milespapineau]

but solar panels cost way more than a nine volt battery, and unlike fiber optics, they cant generate power without sunlight.

[LatteLiberal]

Your'e right. Batteries create jobs. Solar does not. Solar is free. It allows our jobs to go buy buy. We need more nuclear plants and coal plants becuase they will create jobs and put America back to work. When was the last time you saw the sun paying workers for making stupid soler panels? This is just dumb.

[Wingers413]

LOL... you must be American... sigh... one day... when someone stops beating you with the stupid stick, you'll understand.

[bjornsimundson]

Dear "Latte Liberal" I really hope your comments are not sincere.

Here's something that you might take into consideration before spreading any more of this moronic nonsense if in fact you are indeed being sincere.

The sun is FREE.

As you purport to be the be all and end all resource of capitalistic thinking, perhaps you might investigate something called "economic theory"...

[bjornsimundson]

If I tell you as a business owner that with some item which harnesses natural FREE power for eternity, free from dependency on unpredictable variables such as oil prices and oligarchic organizations i.e. OPEC, war etc... AND, at the same time, do so during the day when electricity usage is at its peak and most expensive, thus reducing your variable costs of operations in one segment of your organization by a factor of 1/4, you will indubitably see the logic in the formulae and get on board.

[bjornsimundson]

This savings will boost your own stock price, enabling you to invest your hard earned money that you all of a sudden don't have to throw into a sandbox somewhere outside your area of influence back either into your own firm, or into other forms of investments, furthering your own success.

[bjornsimundson]

You seem rather conflicted between your screenname and the nonsensical drivel that you slurred in your previous posts about hippies and the like.

Morons like you, (and again if you were indeed kidding, I apologize) are the very reason that the rest of the world calls us "Ugly American Imperialist Dogmatists".

[bjornsimundson]

You seem rather conflicted between your screenname and the nonsensical drivel that you slurred in your previous posts about hippies and the like.

Morons like you, (and again if you were indeed kidding, I apologize) are the very reason that the rest of the world calls us "Ugly American Imperialist Dogmatists".

[bjornsimundson]

Perhaps if you go back to 5th grade English class as evidenced by your grammar, you might begin to grasp some of these concepts and "big words" I have thrown your way, and thank your lucky stars that there are brilliant people like this that have created the very world you are spraying your urine all over like a diseased dog.

[bjornsimundson]

WOW.

Anyone else out there agree with me that this person needs to have their head examined?

[swelime]

Mindless? haha and that comes from you xD I mean how old are u? Have u ever been outside ur little crappy state? or even better been to Europe so u get to see something else than the conservative shithole where I suppose u live? If everyone would have been like u we would still have lived in caves..

[dagobb]

He is talking about reality...

[toamaori]

word of advise...

never argue with an idiot...because

after they have dragged you down to their level... they beat you on experience... as for enlightening them??? a brick might be easier at least it doesnt answer back.. best to just keep on walking... leave the stupid to the stupid :D

[AlphaSigma10]

lol

[toamaori]

shift your paradigm...

[voyager1985]

imagine all those one floor malls and other buildings and schools that would benafit from this

[pupplesan]

Call me a heretic but I have a better idea: WINDOWS. One 30 inch round window will admit more light than one of these computer controlled, gps guided $12,000 systems. I know, it would never work, but hey, it's just an idea.

[stagl]

ok smart guy, how do you put a window in the middle of a building?

[pupplesan]

With a saw.

[stagl]

let me rephrase that: the CENTER of a building....

[pupplesan]

With a skylight.

[pupplesan]

OK sorry for being snotty but rather seriously, this technology looks more 'cool' than practical.

[whiskers123]

I think if the price comes down its practical. Probally lets in less heat than a window and its harder to regulate window light... it could shine your customers in there eyes and upset them. If this increases sales by 40% then it is definitively worth purchasing.

[AcePincter]

Maybe we should be thinking about doing without lighting entirely? Let's just have sunlight power the backlight for our computer monitors. That's all we need.

[kevaughanshiu]

death rays....

its a communist conspiracy!

[menemenetekelpharsin]

I agree with hyperkinetic. This was a concept use already developed by the Japanese. Some of their 20+ year old buildings have these fiber optics installed. Perhaps the only American contribution here is the parabolic light concentrator which is GPS dependent and computer dependent to be continuously aligned with the sun for maximum light gathered. But thsi can be achielved through simple fuzzy logic alone.

[dcarl335]

This might be a good idea for schools

[mattbytes]

OPEC will buy the patent and kill the project.

[vietfob86]

Thats so cold.

[photox]

i want one

[hyperkinetic]

Holly shit! The Japanese did that over 20 years ago. The problem is, no one in the USA gives a fsck.

[phxfreddy]

This and nuclear power should really help !

[bitRAKE]

Solar building materials could make the whole building a power source during light hours. Only thing stopping 24 hours use is advancement in capacitor/battery technology.

[Permafrost38]

c00l. but what to do at night? then you still have to switch to elect. light

[thomasuras]

You idiot! those people go to bed 6pm cant you tell?

[surferdude88]

a 9volt batt. that lasts for a week? so the money saved from power/electric bill will be used to buy the battery's every so often? she said ''sun belt'' is that scientific for equator? lOl

[n14e5o15]

The equator goes through the latitude of northern Brazil, Kenya etc., so no.

Also, a 9v PP3 battery costs, say, $6. A couple of 60W bulbs running for a week (168 h.) will use 20.16 kWh of electricity. At 30c per unit, that's about $6 too, and you'd be getting much, much more pleasant light.

[n14e5o15]

Sorry I've just noticed that I've rather stupidly got the scale of these system completely wrong (and feel rather sheepish about it) but apparently there's also a saving on cooling costs, as the system doesn't generate heat like lightbulbs do, and for a floorspace of 100,000 sq. ft., this system could save around $1.6M over ten years.

[Dilekz]

This only counts at country's that are pretty hot... not in cold country's. Its better to heat.

[jtow]

yeh, what happens for people that work at night? ass.

[maskedbob]

jtow... they switch the energy source  constantly to ensure maximum conservation of energy. when its night time the system runs on eletrcity from plants, during day time they run on those generators with this UV solar technology

[tthmaz]

great concept!

[jimbeartn]

Hmm, the solar tracker requires a 9-volt battery. Why don't they use a solar cell???

[BirdValiant]

A very good question.

[thomasuras]

Man what a concept , arent those 9 v batterys the ones ya lick ?

[puckstopper55]

yep

[ga7sh]

very cool. i wish luck for this guy

[burritoburrito]

let's have it. i want to not use coal powered lights.

[Parker307]

I hope this takes off. Those rooftop mirrors would need to be cleaned though. The less shiney they get from dust or scratches the less light they would transmit

[youtubefossils]

So, there she sits, under the nifty solar hybrid, in front of a huge window, suffering from SAD.

[rebe01]

This reminds me of what William Wheeler invented in 1880. He used a powerful arc lamp as the light source and "piped" the light through the house using pipes with highly-reflective insides.

[olllj]

but its not like sunlight without inrared.

[soulpiercer7]

for a parabolic arraw to focus sunlight on fiber optics that would run along a scratched tube in the ficture and then have flouresents next to it as backup?

I don't think so

[MadPaul]

very cool technology hope it will really be available in 2007

[TheBigBentley]

So you know thats still 73 cents a day for the average home. I know I dont spend 73 cents a day on lights do you guys?