A Nepali teenager has designed a £23 solar panel(太陽能電池板)using human hair.
Milan Karki, who is 18 years old and lives in a village in rural Nepal, used human hair to replace silicon, which is a common but expensive material of solar panels.
By using hair as a replacement, Karki said that solar panels can be produced for around £23, aprice tag that could be halved if they were mass-produced.
The solar panel works because melanin, which gives hair black color, is light sensitive and can act as an electrical conductor.Karki was inspired to follow this route by a Stephen Kawking' s book, which explained how to create static (靜電的) energy from hair.
The device that Karki has showed and proved is able to produce 9V or 18W of energy—plenty to charge a mobile phone.
"Half a kilo of hair can be bought for only £16 in Nepal and lasts a few months, while a pack of batteries would cost £50 and last a few nights, " according to The Daily Mail.
Karki and his four classmates firstly made the solar panel as an experiment but the teens are convinced it has wide applicability and commercial viability (可行性).
Karki has now sent out several devices to other districts near his home for testing.He said, "First I wanted to provide electricity for my home, then my village.Now I am thinking for the whole world."
56.What is special about Karki's solar panel?
A.Karki' s solar panel has static energy.
B.Karki uses a very expensive material in his solar panel.
C.Karki puts man' s hair to use in his solar panel.
D.Karki uses his solar panel to charge the cell phone.
57.Karki' s idea about designing his solar panel results from __ .
A.his teacher's instruction
B.a(chǎn) book written by a famous physicist
C.his classmates' experiment
D.a(chǎn) report in The Daily Mail
58.Karki' s attitude to the application of his solar panel is .
A.optimistic B.uncertain C.serious D.negative
59.The text can probably be read in ______.
A.a(chǎn)n advertisement B.a(chǎn) text book C.a(chǎn) magazine D.a(chǎn) newspaper
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C.break the world record D.realize part of his goal
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C.Europe D.Africa
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