Pixel Reflector Array for Micro Solar Tower

Has anyone done anything making prisims or reflectors small enough to be oriented electronically like a LCD display? It would lay flat on the roof and require no electric motors linkages and other nonsense.

At first it sounds way too expensive but there may be short cuts.

Bret Cahill

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Bret Cahill
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Yes. Some projection TVs work with a MEMS device that is essentially a bunch of mirrors mounted on tiny diving boards. Try this link for how they work:

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little small for your application probably unless you only want to heat small amounts of water. ERS

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Eric R Snow

There are chips with about a million mirrors for xvga projectors.

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Sjouke Burry
< There are chips with about a million mirrors for xvga < projectors.

That may be more expensive than silicon photovoltaic.

Bret Cahill

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Bret Cahill

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