Comments on: Mimicking nature to create alternative energy http://www.tropical-forests.com/2009/08/mimicking-nature-to-create-alternative-energy/ Saving the rainforest for our children's children Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: benthebutterflyguy http://www.tropical-forests.com/2009/08/mimicking-nature-to-create-alternative-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-26 benthebutterflyguy Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:02:12 +0000 http://www.tropical-forests.com/?p=724#comment-26 Some countries have been conducting research on more efficient ways to harvest the suns energy for some time now, still getting their ingenuity from nature that's been around since the dinosaurs. Take the study on solar energy panels conducted with butterfly wings. They found that copying the designs from the scaled wings of butterflies will increase solar panel efficiency and capacity. The structures and patterns butterflies naturally on their wings are designed in such a way that they reflect the suns heat and energy back into the body to keep it warm. The study came out in a recent article in the Chemistry of Materials Journal. The study was conducted in Saga University, Saga, Japan. Here's a link to a small article I put up about it... http://butterflyhuntersperu.blogspot.com/2009/09/butterfly-wings-used-for-solar-energy.html Some countries have been conducting research on more efficient ways to harvest the suns energy for some time now, still getting their ingenuity from nature that’s been around since the dinosaurs. Take the study on solar energy panels conducted with butterfly wings. They found that copying the designs from the scaled wings of butterflies will increase solar panel efficiency and capacity. The structures and patterns butterflies naturally on their wings are designed in such a way that they reflect the suns heat and energy back into the body to keep it warm. The study came out in a recent article in the Chemistry of Materials Journal. The study was conducted in Saga University, Saga, Japan.

Here’s a link to a small article I put up about it…
http://butterflyhuntersperu.blogspot.com/2009/09/butterfly-wings-used-for-solar-energy.html

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