When 23-year-old Nicole Kuepper, a PhD student at the University of New South Wales in Australia, Macguyvered up a system to create solar panels out of a process involving a pizza oven, nail polish and an ink jet printer, it could have been described as a Eureka moment, it would later gain her a prestigious Eureka prize. The iJet process could be a means to take make solar power cheap enough for people in developing countries to afford.

More details when they become available. [The Australian via Tree Hugger, DVICE]

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