Lastly, the week saw the unveiling of the world's first fiber-optic solar cell, which is thinner than the width of a human hair and could pave the way to creating energy-producing clothes.

ENGADGET: Inhabitat's Week in Green: madder root batteries, sun-powered plane and the world's first fiber-optic solar cell

" He rattles off consumer products in excess--"autos, fiber optic cable, computers, cell phones, trucks, airplanes, steel, even food.

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