It’s a sad state of affairs: your grass is better during converting the object into energy than which $23k solar array your neighbors only threw upon their roof. Object Catalytix wants to uncover that weed what’s what with the new routine for splitting h2o into hydrogen and oxygen — synthetic photosynthesis. In the display during the ARPA-E discussion A Modernized Research Projects Group — basically DARPA reduction a military focussed Sun Catalytix owner Dan Nocera indicates w hich a process his company is developing could, with the photovoltaic form, four hours of object, as well as the bottle of water, generate 30 kilowatt-hours of electricity. That’s sufficient to energy an average home for the day — though hardcore gamers will probably need the bit some-more. The hope is that this will ultimately lead to cheap power for self-sufficient homes in a not-too distant future, but we’re still left wondering when that future’s starting to come.

[Thanks, Jaden]