What if you could paint something on your hat and it would charge your iPod?
Nathan Monroe has a patent pending for the concept.
Is Nathan a veteran NASA scientist? A highly-paid R&D guy with some big corporation?
Maybe someday. But not now.
Currently, Nathan is a senior at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville.
His research on solar paint has impressed researchers at the University of Florida.
In fact, he is already working with scientists at UF on increasing the efficiency of the solar paint. And this fall he's been accepted at the prestigious MIT.
Nathan's vision for solar paint goes way beyond the brim of a baseball cap.
He explains, "You could paint it on a solar panel on a car as a replacement for the original paint and use the panel to power the car."
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