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13 yo devises way to maximize solar power

Bob Morris, on Aug 20, 2011, 11:30 am


7th grader Aidan Dwyer looked at tree branches in the winter, thought they might be in a Fibonacci Sequence. He researched it, and then arranged solar panels in a tree pattern and tested in against conventional arrangement of panels. The tree pattern made substantially more electricity.

Category: Renewable energy, Solar power | One comment - (Comments are closed)

  • Joe Hartley

    Duh. Why do plants obey the Fibonacci series? To maximize reception of sunshine! (The 7th grader apparently read the material on Fibonacci numbers.)