And that sparse array of wires has exactly the same light absorption and electricity-collection properties as the conventional silicon wafer cell."
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The company has developed advanced software tools for predicting the optical properties of new fibres so that it can quickly identify which types of hole array out of the literally infinite range of possibilities have industrially interesting properties.
"There is no better time to be in the Philippines than now, " says Robbie Antonio, managing director of Century Properties, a Manila real estate firm whose array of luxury construction projects includes Trump Tower, Makati City.
The idea is that Gaia's two telescopes will focus the stars on to the end of the array, and as these celestial objects then scan across the CCDs their positions and individual properties will be logged.