Two-faced solar panels can generate more power at up to 70% less cost

Researchers at the University of Surrey, England, University of Cambridge, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xidian University, and Zhengzhou University, China, built a new kind of two-faced (bifacial) solar panel using single-walled carbon nanotubes as both front and back electrodes that are the highest efficiency single junction solar cells to date.

Hexagon’s industry-first zoom-enabled optical 3D scanner

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, Sweden, launched the first optical 3D scanner on the market with a motorized zoom lens that enables users to adjust data resolution and measurement volume entirely through software settings.