Sanyo’s continued effort to make green power is gradually becoming more and more successful. The company wants to become no. 1 in Japan by 2012 in solar power systems technology. It has recently developed a solar cell that is actually thinner than a human hair! “Their new prototype solar cell is just 58 micrometers thick, about one-fourth of most solar cells currently out there.”

The solar panel is also bendable like paper which implies that the panels can even be used on uneven surfaces.

[source: jp.sanyo.com via crunchgear.com]

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