Blu-ray discs have proven themselves superior to DVDs as storage media in light of their high capacity, high definition, and higher transfer rate. Now researchers claim that Blu-ray discs have one more advantage over DVDs: they also have the ability to help markedly improve the efficiency of solar cells, when their etched information patterns are repurposed for use as light concentrators …
Brooks Hays CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) — The patterns etched into the bottom of Blu-ray discs are perfect for enhancing the energy absorption propertings of modern solar panels.
Yes, a Blu-ray copy of Police Story 3: Supercop was destroyed for the sake of science. It turns out that the nanostructure of Blu-ray disc makes them especially well-suited to soaking up light—exactly what you'd want with a solar panel
Blu-ray discs could help make the solar cells used in solar panels more efficient, researchers say. Solar cells rely on materials that convert photons of light into electricity. Prior research had revealed that if microscopic structures that are only nanometers (billionths of a meter) high are placed on the surface of solar cells, they can scatter light in ways that increase the cells …
Highly Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the DVD portion of The Wind Rises . The Movie: Or, Jir Dreams of Flying : The Wind Rises feels especially elegiac as it will likely be the last film written and directed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki (who announced his retirement shortly before its release)
This year, the stop-motion animated classic, Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer, celebrates its 50th anniversary. With that, Classic Media has released a special edition Blu-ray with a lot more bells and whistles than any other release.
SAN FRANCISCO – Redbox is raising its DVD rental prices by 25 per cent in an effort to wring more revenue from the shrinking audience that still watches movies on discs rather than online.
Prices to rise to $1.50 a night for DVDs, $2 for Blu-Ray discs beginning Dec. 2.
Recommended Mood Indigo Blu-ray Review Mood Indigo is a 2013 French film made bytheacclaimed filmmaker Michel Gondry ( Eternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind , The Science of Sleep ). It is an adaptation of the novel writtenfromauthor Boris Vian entitled Froth on the Daydream , which was apopularFrench novel which appealed to both children and adults throughoutseveralgenerations.