Bill Gross: Great ideas for finding new energy

http://www.ted.com Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells -- and some questions we haven't yet solved.
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[cfrend]

Bill Gross is the dictionary definition of an Engineer. Very Impressive and inspiring.

[mws123]

i love how people make smart ass comments and joke about this, hate to break it to ya but this is our planet, its the only one we got and if we screw it up, we die.

[EcoDimension]

this is done in 2003. its almost a decade already. whats going on?

[wetkenny]

i read about this guy in Comm 100, idea lab lost a TON of money for all the investors, never really developed much

[shotclips]

You are the man!!! I wish I had all the knowledge you have on energy. Energy is the key to our success as humans on this planet. We need to use the sun and stop burning up material when the sun is free! Keep up your incredible work and would love to hear from you. I have the same basic desire you have for new energy, but my personal experience is sales.

[Maxdwolf]

The sun is free, but space is not.

[frosty992001]

@mws123 That's true, but whether we screw it up or not... we are still going to die. There is one thing we know for sure about life... we are not going to get out of it alive.

[litetheory]

And there you have it, a robotic model of a sunflower. Nature was practically showing it to us already.

[UFester777]

The air car.. air power is free... harness lightning theres loads of power in a bolt of lightning... but greedy fucks like to use stuff that costs money... when theres so much renewable out there.

[hablerz]

Ive invented a solar powered vibrator for girls that like to exibit themselves.