Apparently Techcrunch Staff doesn't read Hacker News

[ninjoah]

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/21/13-year-old-designs-efficient-solar-array-inspired-by-oak-trees/

[darylteo]

Either way, I don't understand the physics behind it :(

[getonit → darylteo]

No, your confusion shows that - unlike the boy and half the media - you do understand the physics behind it just fine.

[jaybol]

can you explain this title for me?

[sunsu → jaybol]

This same story was posted on HN a few days ago. Since then there have been some articles crop up that claim that "solar-panel" trees are inferior.

13 year old makes cool stuff: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2902329

13 year old's stuff isn't so cool: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2906538

[donnaware]

sigh, yes, unfortunately we are going to have to hear this on the main stream news tomorrow, and they will also have it wrong.