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Lightcell: An engine that uses light to make electricity

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113 points curl-up | 1 comments | 14 Jan 25 13:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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jasonjmcghee ◴[17 Jan 25 20:08 UTC] No.42742715[source]▶
I've periodically seen lightcell and danielle fong in various news / reddit /forums over the last few years and it always seems to be steeped in controversy.

I know next to nothing about the field / tech, but a portion of folks seem to be like "incredible visionary etc. etc." and the another portion like "fringe science / complete bullshit / this is as realistic as cold fusion" kind of thing.

Very interested to hear from folks more in the know of like, high level long term viability / what the implications are etc.

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1. thot_experiment ◴[17 Jan 25 21:16 UTC] No.42743341[source]▶
It's a very good idea that is worth pursuing, they are pursuing it. There are many many many problems that need solving between here and "this is a better way to make energy from heat at scale than turning water into steam and spinning a turbine". The science is fundamentally sound but we're nowhere near economic viability.