Acting as a lens, the rig's large water-filled orb concentrates diffused daylight or moonlight onto a solar cell with the help of optical tracking to harvest electricity.

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Pyron uses an acrylic concentrating lens, which focuses the equivalent of the light from 6, 500 suns on a small optical device, which then spreads it across the surface of the solar cell.

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The typical standards of built-in optical drive, HP QuickPlay, 6-in-1 card reader and 6-cell batter round out the capable, but lower-end laptop.

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