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"The writing is clicking away in my head and piling up, and unless I get it on paper somehow it's going to create uncomfortable pressure in my skull."
- Isaac Asimov
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| Sunshade-Photocell Collector | ||
| A fanciful design for a device that gathers solar energy. |
This device has two functions; it gathers needed energy and provides needed shade to people.
| Then he saw the geek - a codger this time - leaning against one of the slender stalks of a sunshade-photocell collector, looking directly at the three of them. |
| From Earth,
by David Brin. Published by Bantam in 1990 Additional resources -
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