Name: Freeing energy from the grid
Uploaded: 2011-10-18T14:48:59Z
Duration: 12 min 28 s
Description: 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.

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.

Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid

Freeing energy from the grid

Exploring nanotechnology's potential, a new material can flick heat back into a room or block it, revolutionizing energy efficiency.

Carbon nanotubes, 100,000 times thinner than hair, offer a breakthrough in energy transmission, being more conductive than copper.

Combining energy-generating and storing technologies on flexible surfaces could eliminate the need for traditional power grids.