Posted by: fortunefaded September 9, 2009
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Hmm, this is quite fascinating and I smell something funny.
Hair doesn't conduct electricity. The article says he only used hair, which is impossible. But, at 1:04, the news reporter says the kid used half kg hair covered with silicon. If it is pure silicon then I will be damned if this thing is working and this kid will be a genius in my book. But if he is using doped silicon then there might be two possibilities.
By covering the hair with doped silicon which just acts as a conductor, while the melanin is generating current through photoelectric effect, then that means his idea is very novel and should get immediate attention from the science community.
But if he is just covering the hair with silicon and tricking everyone by saying that the hair is generating energy, while in fact it is the silicon, then he's pulled off a good trick.
I just hope the kid is genuine.
Hair doesn't conduct electricity. The article says he only used hair, which is impossible. But, at 1:04, the news reporter says the kid used half kg hair covered with silicon. If it is pure silicon then I will be damned if this thing is working and this kid will be a genius in my book. But if he is using doped silicon then there might be two possibilities.
By covering the hair with doped silicon which just acts as a conductor, while the melanin is generating current through photoelectric effect, then that means his idea is very novel and should get immediate attention from the science community.
But if he is just covering the hair with silicon and tricking everyone by saying that the hair is generating energy, while in fact it is the silicon, then he's pulled off a good trick.
I just hope the kid is genuine.