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A canopy that creates shade and electricity

At Dubai’s Museum of the Future, the architect Carlo Ratti presented a light-reflecting canopy that creates shade and directs sunlight to a solar panel. The panel generates electricity. The canopy is called Sun&Shade. Mirrors rotate automatically with the movement of the sun and reflect the rays to the solar panel.

 

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