Abstract: Improved flexible solar panels and photovoltaic devices, and methods and systems for producing them. A solar cell has non-transcending grooves or trenches, that penetrate some, but not all, of a silicon layer or semiconductor wafer of the solar cell. The non-transcending grooves or trenches are segmenting the solar cell into regions, and provide flexibility and mechanical resilience. Selective and localized region-constrained doping of an opposite polarity is performed at particular regions or locations of a surface or front region of the solar cell; as well as selective and localized placement of metallized electrical contacts. Grooving or trenching operations can be performed via a dopant-containing layer, to prevent or reduce recombination at or near exposed surfaces.

Abstract: A method for presenting information includes receiving a specified digital value for display, assigning to a set of colors respective digital codes comprising respective binary values representing three primary color components of the colors, and encoding the specified digital value by combining at least four of the digital codes while selecting the colors such that none of the binary values is constant over all of the selected colors. A symbol is presented for imaging by a computing device, the symbol comprising at least four regions meeting at a common vertex and having the colors selected so as to encode the specified digital value using the respective digital codes.

Abstract: A method for presenting information includes receiving a specified digital value for display, assigning to a set of colors respective digital codes comprising respective binary values representing three primary color components of the colors, and encoding the specified digital value by combining at least four of the digital codes while selecting the colors such that none of the binary values is constant over all of the selected colors.

Abstract: A method for distributing information includes producing a symbol to be overlaid on at least one primary image presented on a first display screen, the symbol encoding a specified digital value in a set of color elements having different, respective colors. A message is received from a client device containing an indication of the specified digital value decoded by the client device upon capturing and analyzing a secondary image of the first display screen. In response to the message, an item of information relating to the primary image is transmitted to the client device, for presentation on a second display screen associated with the client device.

Abstract: A method for information display includes specifying information pertaining to a target location and encoding the specified information in a machine-readable symbol (22, 60) comprising a set of three or more color elements (40), which have different, respective colors that encode a first part of the information and are contained within a non-rectangular border (44), which has a shape characteristic that encodes a second part of the information. The symbol is positioned in the target location.

Abstract: A method for distributing information includes producing a symbol to be overlaid on at least one primary image presented on a first display screen, the symbol encoding a specified digital value in a set of color elements having different, respective colors. A message is received from a client device containing an indication of the specified digital value decoded by the client device upon capturing and analyzing a secondary image of the first display screen. In response to the message, an item of information relating to the primary image is transmitted to the client device, for presentation on a second display screen associated with the client device.

Abstract: A method for distributing information includes producing a symbol (26, 64, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 90) to be overlaid on at least one primary image presented on a first display screen (24, 62) the symbol encoding a specified digital value in a set of color elements (28, 82, 92) having different, respective colors. A message is received from a client device (32, 68) containing an indication of the specified digital value decoded by the client device upon capturing and analyzing a secondary image of the first display screen. In response to the message, an item of information (50, 70) relating to the primary image is transmitted to the client device, for presentation on a second display screen (34) associated with the client device.

Abstract: A method for information display includes specifying information pertaining to a target location and encoding the specified information in a machine-readable symbol (22, 60) comprising a set of three or more color elements (40), which have different, respective colors that encode a first part of the information and are contained within a non-rectangular border (44), which has a shape characteristic that encodes a second part of the information. The symbol is positioned in the target location.

Abstract: A method for distributing information includes producing a symbol (26, 64, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 90) to be overlaid on at least one primary image presented on a first display screen (24, 62) the symbol encoding a specified digital value in a set of color elements (28, 82, 92) having different, respective colors. A message is received from a client device (32, 68) containing an indication of the specified digital value decoded by the client device upon capturing and analyzing a secondary image of the first display screen. In response to the message, an item of information (50, 70) relating to the primary image is transmitted to the client device, for presentation on a second display screen (34) associated with the client device.