I feel like there were only 12 decent science stories of 2012. Which other ones were considered?

The theoretical maximum efficiency for a single bandagap (i.e. silicon/crystalline) is 33.7%. Multi-bandgap PV has a maximum of 86% (with infinite layers, impractical). We are no where close to either.

Nope.

You can not like something and still appreciate its artistic value. I don't like a lot of paintings by famous people, but I appreciate them as art. Doh.

Ever hear of physics?

Thin film PV has been around for years.

Way to acknowledge the fact that they are <5% efficient.

You are the minority. It received a 92% from critics on RT and an 89% from viewers.

You guys really don't know how timezones work...do you?

THIS IS STILL NOT TECH RELATED

Welcome to the wild world of engineering, I guess you aren't from there. It is still in development. Period. Delays and system bugs are common. They aren't even due shipping units till 2016. There is lots of time to make up for delays.

Pretty sure he spent more on the arc reactor than the ring.

Continue to rant about the shortcomings of a plane in the development phase.

It is not the way the director intended Then again if you owned the Mona Lisa, you would think it is okay to view it with filters or touch it up with 3d effects!

I don't care for soap operas in gerneral. At least they were meant to be portrayed with buttery smooth pans. Most shows/movies are filmed a certain way for artistic effect. 240hz tech destroys that. Go try and watch some of the artistic House shows with 120 or 240hz on. You might vomit.

Each brand has their own marketing phrase for it. Essentially, they duplicate frames and insert them to make 240fps. It makes all your videos buttery smooth like the pans in soap operas. It annihilates any artistic intent the director has.

Are you the type of person to keep your HDTV on 240hz at home? I hate people like that. I don't want to watch movies as soap operas.

I watch the cloud factory all day out my window at work. It sure makes the clouds, but always in the same area.

I think they just wanted to show the rare picture, but sensationalized the article and title to attract pageviews.