{"id":5417,"date":"2011-01-25T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T14:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2022-02-07T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:10:00","slug":"solar-power-and-moth-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/this-just-in\/solar-power-and-moth-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power and Moth Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moth eyes<\/a> are pretty special; they are covered with a super coating that makes it one of the least reflective surfaces in nature. Because light\u00a0isn’t\u00a0bouncing off their eyes, like a beacon, it helps them hide from predators in the dark. Having a covering that can absorb light is also important for things like solar power<\/a>.\u00a0For us to create energy<\/a> from the sun\u2019s rays we have to be able to collect it using solar cells. Researchers in Japan have created a new film for solar cells based on the structure of a moth\u2019s eye. These solar cells cut down on the amount of light reflected off of them, helping us to capture more of the sun\u2019s power<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This isn’t the only example of nature inspired design, discover more by jumping into the amazing world of biomimicry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2011-01\/osoa-iei012011.php<\/a><\/p>\n

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Moths have been influential in the capturing solar power. This is another example of the natural world has helped improve our society. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,1353,931],"tags":[161,140,141,112,318,142],"class_list":["post-5417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-this-just-in","category-to-edit","category-all","tag-biomimicry","tag-energy","tag-green","tag-insect","tag-moth","tag-solar-power"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t