<![CDATA[Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness]]>Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness

Link Preview Image
Solar power without sunlight: Engineered wood can store energy for use

Solar panels are outdated. This wood-enabled solar system captures over 90 percent of sunlight and produces electricity on demand.

favicon

Interesting Engineering (interestingengineering.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/84a6cb38-1e73-452a-9b0d-2917aae600f7/engineered-wood-converts-sunlight-into-heat-supplies-solar-power-even-in-darknessRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 21:27:42 GMTMon, 13 Apr 2026 03:14:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:26:02 GMT]]>@bielsubob aaah, filling it with stearic acid is a neat idea. phase-change temperature control is stunningly powerful.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116395498672445299https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/groxx/statuses/116395498672445299Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:26:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:55:55 GMT]]>@deirdrebeth @bielsubob This is wild!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lydialurch/statuses/116395380287919382https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lydialurch/statuses/116395380287919382Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:55:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:36:42 GMT]]>@bielsubob

I guess you could still call it wood.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116313284892040418/statuses/116395304745985771https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116313284892040418/statuses/116395304745985771Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:36:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Engineered wood converts sunlight into heat, supplies solar power even in darkness on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:32:11 GMT]]>@bielsubob

Removing the lignin from balsa is also how the team made windows out of wood... I feel like these two designs might work together, and how cool would that be?

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/transparent-wood-could-be-window-future

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/116395286973744899https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/116395286973744899Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:32:11 GMT