Dave Platt wrote:

...
I do know that there have been some very interesting experiments with
nanotechnology, over the past couple of years, in which tiny carbon
nanotubes have been used as optical-frequency antennas.

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=1442.php has a brief writeup
on one such.


Let's hope, super cheap, super efficient solar panels would be great!
Bye, bye power company ...

Regards,
JS