How does a Solar Monkey work?

Yesterday we decided to get a little bit more techno and do our first informative video which demonstrates the Solar Monkey, Power Monkey and Sound Traveller speakers all working together using the power of the sun!

We have to say, however, that we are not the greatest when it comes to acting in front of the camera so we decided to stay out of the camera view and just do a voice over, we think it turned out well so we decided to show you, our readers and ask what you think of our first attempt at Monkey-ing around on video?



What is Solar Power?
OK, techy's let's talk about Solar Power and why we need it, as we know electricity is free electrons flowing along a cable and the sun does this by bombarding specific a thin layer of silicon with photons.

The bombardment releases electrons from the silicon sending it down the cable, giving you electricity, because so few electrons are released this way, currently we need large Solar Panels to give us a useful amount of electricity.

Today, however, with the advancement in silicon and chemicals such as nano phosphates we are getting better and better at releasing more electrons, gaining more power for the size of the panel, who knows? One day we may be powering our entire houses with a small solar panel on the roof.

Enough Solar Energy falls on the surface of the earth every forty minutes to meet the entire world's energy needs for the year.

The sun's power is produced by nuclear fusion which converts about 700 million tons of hydrogen to about 695 million tonnes of helium, the remaining 5 million tons is converted to energy during the reaction in the form of gamma rays and produces about 386 billion, billion mega watts!!!


This LASCO C2 image, taken 8 January 2002 by the Soho Space Observatory, shows a widely spreading coronal mass ejection as it blasts more than a billion tons of matter out into space at millions kilometres per hour. If you could remember this day, you would probably remember that your TV went a little funny!