City of the future communicates using solar panels

If it is up to Patrizio Manganiello, the city of the future will not only run on solar energy, but we will also use the solar infrastructure for lightning-fast communication. Buildings will autonomously regulate how power is distributed between them and self-driving cars will use light signals to coordinate their driving manoeuvres. The new field of research called Photovoltatronics is bringing this future closer. 

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