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The 2007 NASA Tech Brief's Grand Prize award winning light source from MPK CO. was just disclosed in this years contest to create electricity when applied to solar cells. Versatile, abundant and low cost electrical energy - this can power micro devices, electric car, homes, etc. for 20+ years. Green Tech the world needs today!

The technology aims to replace batteries, generating low-cost electricity for everything from micro devices to utility applications has groundbreaking implications and potential to turn the battery business upside down.

Litroenergy is made from litrospheres, which are self-illuminating micro particles that, when they are placed on or sandwiched between solar cells, generate electricity. The light-emitting micro particles are not affected by heat or cold and can be used in sheet form for easy application on solar cells.

“The many novel, versatile and far reaching applications/benefits for low cost on-going durable, solid state power generation without using any additional resources and being extremely environmentally friendly has ground breaking implications for our energy consuming world.”

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Note that when Tritium decays, it produces Helium3, a beta electron, and an electron anti-neutrino.

The radiation from this decay cannot penetrate your skin. You would have to inhale the tritium gas in order to have any effect from the radiation, and again, as stated above, the microspheres hold up under 5,000 lbs of force.

To put this in perspective, you are infinitely more likely to get sick from a doorknob than from this product.]]>Feb 9th 2008 10:26AM