A Smarter Way to Use Sunlight: Array Pushes Solar Deep into Buildings
CINCINNATI, Nov. 7, 2013 — A pair of University of Cincinnati researchers want you to see the light — even if you’re in an unlit, interior, windowless room. The new technology, called SmartLight, involves a narrow grid of tiny, electrofluidic cells self-powered by embedded photovoltaics and applied near the top of a window. These open-air "ducts" help sunlight to illuminate windowless work spaces deep inside office buildings. The grid can be applied to any building — big or small, old or new,...