https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb Made with ♥ en-us 2016-09-19 00:08:18 UTC 2026-03-22 03:10:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124931880 The design is  to create more efficient solar panels that can trap and absorb more solar energy. The problem is providing energy to areas that are difficult to take fossil fuels to such as areas with mountains. The design will be created after studying the oriental hornet and how it absorbs energy. I will watch to see how the energy is absorbed, what helps the hornet to absorb energy, and how this data can contribute to the design. A prototype will be made, then tested, and changed if needed. ]]> 2016-09-20 00:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124931880 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124931911 The oriental hornet has a yellow outer layer that has little bumps/dips that help increase the surface absorption. The reddish brown color has grooves that act as gratings (framework of parallel or crossed bars) that trap the light and funnel it inward. The hornet’s layers exhibit anti-reflection to enhance absorption. All of these adaptations combined contribute to the oriental hornet's absorption of energy.]]> 2016-09-20 00:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124931911 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124931930 1. Help people provide energy to areas that are difficult to travel to. 
2. Help people decrease use of fossil fuels for energy.
3. Help people better capture solar energy

]]> 2016-09-20 00:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124931930 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124932049 The adaptations that I will be using in my design are the hornet's reddish-brown color that absorbs solar energy, the grating that trap light/energy and funnel it inward, and the dips/bumps that help absorb energy on the surface of the hornet. ]]> 2016-09-20 00:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124932049 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124932150 2016-09-20 00:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124932150 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124936659 2016-09-20 01:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124936659 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124936716 2016-09-20 01:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124936716 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124936777 2016-09-20 01:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124936777 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124943320 2016-09-20 02:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124943320 paige_young277 https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124944831 The solar panels will help to sustain life in areas that natural gases can not be taken to. The solar panels will also help to sustain the existing fossil fuels on earth because they will be replaced by solar energy. The solar panels will be able to provide energy for heating/cooling, appliances, lights, and hot water. All of these are used in common USA  households. ]]> 2016-09-20 02:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_young277/ctkumsn2tfpb/wish/124944831