a solar-powered airplane just completed its 26-hour maiden voyage proving to one and all that fossil fuel isn't everything in air transportation. developed by a company in switzerland, the light plane called solar impulse has 12,000 solar cells that soak up the sun to store power enough to fly the plane through the night.
quite exciting huh. dunno however if the company aims to develop this technology for commercial flight application. if they do, i just hope they'll be quick with it so i can experience the 9-hour flight back to manila. that would be a huge deduction on my carbon footprint!
for complete info about the company, visit http://www.solarimpulse.com/
and here's al-jazeera feature about the solar impulse
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