Interesting Patents: Tesla’s Camouflaging Solar Panels
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Interesting Patents: Tesla’s Camouflaging Solar Panels

This week Tesla was issued a patent regarding a method of obscuring, color matching, and camouflaging solar panels. This patent appears to be directed towards disguising roof mounted solar panels through the use of a layered encapsulation method with a specifically structured shutter.

Interesting Patents: NASA Patents New Method of Propulsion
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Interesting Patents: NASA Patents New Method of Propulsion

NASA was issued a patent for a new method of propulsion this week. This method is for vacuum arc thrusters for spacecraft, and propulsion systems including the same. This vacuum arc thruster (VAT) involves using anode and a cathode producing a high voltage arc capable of creating plasma. This plasma is then focused and directed out of a nozzle to create thrust through the use of magnetic fields. The cathode of the device is consumed as fuel as the propulsion device operates.

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