Rob Lamkin, CEO of Radiant Energy, says the merger will help ramp up the technology, which uses inflatable solar concentrators to minimize use of refined silicon, a costly ingredient in solar cells.

After the asteroid has been encapsulated and the system de-spun, an inflatable solar concentrator in an advanced non-imaging configuration, provides direct solar-thermal energy through Winston Cones ...

The Luci inflatable solar lantern helps solve this ... Not so much: Although not as glaring and concentrated as a Coleman lantern, the LEDs are still very bright, even on the lower setting.

MPOWERD’s Luci Inflatable Solar Lantern is just what its name ... while Luci EMRG adds an SOS function but has fewer, more concentrated LEDs. Both can be great emergency lights for motorists ...

It soon became evident that the same basic technology for solar concentrators was applicable for large inflatable antennas, and follow-on SBIR contracts focused on using the polyimide material to ...

Ubiquitous Energy and Michigan State University researchers have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone's screen ...