A Jackie Chan movie just changed the solar industry
It turns out Jackie Chan movies are the key to the solar energy business. Sort of.
Researchers at Northwestern University used the material in a blu-ray disc of Chan’s movie “Police Story 3: Supercop” to make solar panels that are 22 percent more efficient than regular ones.
You don’t actually need a Jackie Chan movie. Any blu-ray disc will apparently work.
But it’s still fun to pretend.
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