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Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’ (finance.yahoo.com)
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Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’::These cells could be laminated onto various kinds of surfaces, such as the sails of a boat to provide power while at sea.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"mega-thin"? Is that like "micro-large"?

Pepperidge Farm remembers when journalists had a grasp of the language.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They should have just used "hella-thin".

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago

Or "wicked thin" for the New England audience.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

THINTACULAR!

THINTROCIRY!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

AM I DOING THIN RIGHT?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Thintastic is quite good also

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Lol I thought the same thing on first read. Then again "micro thin" sounds redundant..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“It has a large amount of thinness” Mega-thin is fine lol. I do like hella-thin though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thin. Very thin, paper-thin. Ultra-thin if you want hyperbole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

What about jumbo thin