Konarka has developed a solar ink that can be applied to any plastic surface and turn that surface into a solar cell. So, what does that actually mean to you? Imagine if your cell phone, iPod, or laptop computer never needed to be charged. This might happen sooner than you expect thanks to Konarka's solar technology breakthrough. Will it cost a million bucks? Absolutely not.

The ink is applied with the same efficiency that makes printing profitable: a printing press. That's it. That's all it takes to make almost any electric-powered device into a self-sustaining electric-powered device. It has long been the goal of solar technology companies to produce power at a cost of $1 per watt. Konarka anticipates a cost of ten cents per watt once they scale up production. This technology could represent the breakthrough that makes clean power synonymous with cheap power.

The applications for this technology are endless. Look around the room that you're sitting in and take a quick survey of the items that run on electricity. Take a look in that drawer or box where you store all your old chargers and plugs. Now imagine what you might do with all that space you'll have back and all the time that you'll save when you don't have to charge the all those electric devices in your life, because each of those devices is it's own solar cell.

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