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"A lot of people think that shadows are useless. Anything can be useful, even shadows."

Solar panel-like device generates power from darkness

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This solar panel-like device can generate electricity in the dark

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An electrical engineer at the University of California in LA has come up with a device that can harness electricity from a dark night sky to power an LED.

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