Smartphone app makes solar panels more effective

Solar panel to charge up by 40 per cent with Simply Solar app. (File)
A smartphone app that may help increase the efficiency of solar cells by up to 40 per cent has been developed by a young researcher in Canada and is being used in more than 130 countries.
The Simply Solar app helps find out when solar panels are facing the most effective direction and works using a combination of Global Positioning System (GPS) and the built-in compass in smartphones.
Bruce Gao, who is now 22, developed the s