12 year old leaps solar tech forward

Wow. Ok, this is not exactly breaking news, as it was first reported via Treehugger.com on the 18th, but it is amazing. A 12 year old kid developed a 3D solar cell that collects 500 times the energy as commercially available solar cells and 9 times the best 3d solar cells that have been developed (and not available outside prototypes in labs). It does this by not only collecting visible light, but UV as well and by using carbon nanotubes in a 3D array to better absorb more light and reduce the inevitable dissipation of energy during the conversion and distribution of the energy. Now if only he can get it developed for commercial use.