In 2018, 96-year-old Arthur Eshkin became the Nobel Prize laureate in physics. He was awarded for the invention of the optical tweezers, which can hold microscopic objects the size of DNA using laser light. As it turned out, this is not his only idea worthy of a prestigious award - in his basement, he developed a device that can significantly reduce the cost of electrical energy and stop environmental pollution.
According to Business Insider, after inventing the optical tweezers and winning the Nobel Prize, the physicist immediately took up another project. He instantly realized that sudden popularity would help him get his new idea across to more people. He was developing a device that could significantly reduce the cost of electrical energy in the basement of his home in New Jersey. Journalists claim that he met them in the most comfortable clothes: a jacket with a zipper, corduroy pants and sandals.
Eshkin said that his idea is to create a structure of reflectors that increase the concentration of light and greatly increase the power of solar panels. According to him, the parts he used are worth a penny, so his invention could "save the world." The development was carried out in a laboratory on the ground floor of the house: due to a curved spine, he had to use a cane. Having fiddled with the many reflectors of light that have already begun to fill the garage, the scientist gained so much confidence in his technology that he is now waiting for the next Nobel Prize.
He refused to show the finished apparatus, but assured that he had filed all the necessary patent applications for his invention, and he had already received 47 of them. Soon, he hopes to publish an article in Science magazine and spread the news of the technology from his New Jersey home to the most remote corners of the world. The invention will provide affordable, clean, renewable energy to homes and businesses, he said.
In an interview, he shared that he never attended chemistry lessons, and received all the necessary knowledge from his wife named Alina:
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When asked by the interviewer about how he would dispose of the monetary reward, he announced that he would have a delicious meal with his wife in an expensive restaurant. The wife, in turn, recalled the five grandchildren who are about to go to college. By the way, unlike her husband, she does not expect a second prize and announced that one is enough.
Ramis Ganiev