They’re everywhere. On rooftops, powering devices, running neighbourhoods and so much more. Currently, there are just under 100 billion solar panels in use in the world! Don’t get too comfortable though — solar panels have a lifespan of around 25 years. This means that within the next decade, billions of…

Solar energy. The future of the world, or so we hope. There are loads of problems with modern-day solar panels. Before we can look at them, how exactly do they work? Just like everything else in the world, the explanation for solar panels is material science. Let’s start small, and…

First off, let me just say I hate the word failure. It has too much of a negative connotation, but either way, it’s the best word to describe the experience I had back in May and June. Luckily, I don’t need to explain it in just one word! Here’s the…

“There is only one boss: the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down simply by spending his money somewhere else.” Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart said this. Clearly, he understands the power even a single person holds in the business world. You…

Hey! A quick background on me — I just completed grade 9 and will spend the rest of my high school career at Jean Augustine SS in Brampton, ON. I have a problem. With around 1000 people constantly using the school almost every weekday for 10 months, Jean Augustine SS…

Here’s the fourth and final part of my piezoelectric energy generation review paper! Abstract The way the world is currently heading, energy usage is killing us. Majority of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are caused by energy usage and only a small portion of total energy usage is sustainable! Clearly this…

Review paper — once again! This is the last part before the conclusion where I’ll be talking about the possibilities of piezo and the current uses for it, as well as why this is all so important. Last time, I talked about the holdbacks of piezoelectricity and what’s stopping it…

We’re back with the review paper! This time, I’ll be talking about the holdbacks with piezoelectricity and what’s stopping it from becoming mainstream. Last time, I talked about what exactly piezoelectricity is — the creation of electrical polarization in an object when mechanical energy is applied to it. I went…

Here’s a fun one — I’m reviewing literature papers about various topics on how piezoelectricity can be used to harvest energy. This is a multi-part series, where all the parts form a single review paper. Here’s the first 2 chapters! Abstract The way the world is currently heading, energy usage…