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With the renewed emphasis on renewable energy, new technologies are emerging. Holographic tuning is one such technology and could revolutionize solar cells.

Holographic Tuning

Traditional solar panel systems are not particularly efficient and can be more than a bit of an eyesore. Since the panel systems only convert a small amount of the sunlight that hits them, there really isnt any alternative to placing the bulky beasts on your roof. Or is there?

Holographic tuning, also known as Holographic Planar Concentrator, is a new technology with one goal in mind cheaper and small solar cell collectors. The technology is based on a unique theory in which solar cells are holographically tuned to attract and focus different spectrums of sunlight on solar cells. The cells are tuned to attract certain spectrums that can be converted without excessive heat production. This allows the cells to make the maximum amount of energy while maintaining a very small size.

Current silicon cell technology is restricted to only a few spectrums and is highly inefficient as it fails to covert up to 85 percent of the sunlight into power. To make things even better, the process is being designed to tune the solar light onto both sides of each cell, thus doubling the energy output.

The primary advantage of holographic tuning is it will revolutionize the solar panel as we know it. Instead of large, bulky panels that arent particularly attractive, holographic tuning panels will look similar to regular bedroom windows, but with five or six horizontal rows of black rectangles, the cells. The prototypes are actually very striking and are a major improvement over current solar panel systems.

Prism Solar Technologies is the leading company in the holographic tuning field. The company is a subsidiary of Direct Global Power, and is pursuing the advancement of the technology through an exclusive rights license from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Prism Solar Technologies intends to begin manufacturing of the new holographic tuning solar panels this year. Keep an eye out for these attractive, efficient solar panels.

Rick Chapo is with SolarCompanies.com, a directory of solar energy companies. Visit us to read more articles on solar power and renewable energy.

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Spyware?

As you probably know already, the internet is not always a safe place. The internet contains harmful programs called spyware which can make it all the way to your computer and cause serious damage to the files on your computer. Although sometimes spyware may not cause damage it can track everything that you do and write. This means it can track your credit card details, passwords and anything else that you type into your computer.

What Does Spyware Do?

Spyware programs are the most annoying and troublesome piece of program to circulate the internet. When Spyware programs infect a computer system, it may be relatively harmless or it may be devastating. Some spyware programs are capable of paralyzing a computer system.

How Do You Know If You Have Spyware?

Spyware programs are any piece of program that gathers information about computer usage and/or the computer user. Some types of spyware are easy to detect. You will most likely be bombarded by pop-up windows and your home page will change by itself. If you are having trouble detecting if you have spyware or if you know you have spyware you will need to use a software program which will inform you that there is spyware on your computer and delete it.

How Do I Get Rid Off It?

Manually removing spyware applications is a difficult task which is why all internet users need to have a good working spyware removal tool. Choosing a spyware removal tool can be a very difficult task in itself because there are so many out there to choose from. Too many of these products just don't live up to their name or they maybe spyware or viruses themselves.

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