Depends on how old you are, I guess.

 

It's closer than you think! 5-10 years i'd say for commercial projects. Think about it. A 30 or 40 story high rise completely painted with a paint that is a solar panel. Think about every building in New York city painted with a solar panel. That is what you should be asking about! The paint itself is very close. Getting it into large scale use will be the hard part.

 

It's closer than you think! 5-10 years i'd say for commercial projects. Think about it. A 30 or 40 story high rise completely painted with a paint that is a solar panel. Think about every building in New York city painted with a solar panel. That is what you should be asking about! The paint itself is very close. Getting it into large scale use will be the hard part.

That shouldn't be a problem if they distribute through the big box stores.

 

So now would be a good time to learn what else is involved in the whole setup, so we can all corner the market, and make some real dough? Any links, or info?

 

Well, I'll go you one better, how about a solar roof that looks like any other roof, no visible solar panels? https://www.tesla.com/solarroof

 

All I think about when I see that, is how much harder it will make our jobs. I could be wrong, but it looks a little on the slick side.

 

How do you harvest energy from this paint?

 

It would have to make contact with some sort of conductor that would convert it to a usable power source.

 

NASA has been using electric power converting coatings for many, many years on the deep space probes. Of course it has been pretty top secret stuff though! But conductive coatings are actually pretty common. Most of the computers and i-pads have a conductive coating somewhere. It's is a pretty small step to get to a coating that actually generates electric current, but I am not 100% sure how it would be accomplished. Maybe a quartz crystal in the pigment along with some silver or nickel? Iridium pigment maybe?

Aha! Tourmaline crystals can generate electric current when they are heated. Tourmaline pigment with silver or nickel would work to a certain extent. Not a high enough electric generation to justify the expense but it can be done.

 

It's lead. ROFLOLOLOL

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Glass doesn't have to be smooth.

 

If you ever felt cold... you could lay down on one.