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TEDGlobal 2011

July 2011

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Freeing energy from the grid

What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.

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What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Justin Hall-Tipping

Science entrepreneur

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Justin Hall-Tipping works on nano-energy startups -- mastering the electron to create power.