You're on to something here. One of my favorite subjects is 'what happened to 'x'' where 'x' is some discovery or bit of news some time down the line. Most peop

You're on to something here. One of my favorite subjects is 'what happened to 'x'' where 'x' is some discovery or bit of news some time down the line. Most people don't even remember 'x' when asked about it until you jog their memory a bit, I can't seem to help remembering all those things. So, how did that story with the solar panels made from hair pan out? It was pretty solidly debunked here on HN (as it rightly should have been), but what interests me is what happened to the major players in that episode, if they're still making solar panels from hair or if they came to terms with their error and documented that and published it to negate some of the damage done.