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The Crookes radiometer (left) and the Mendocino motor (right) both convert light into motion. The first uses air dilation by having one side of the propeller being heated more than the other side, and the second uses solar panels, coupled with electromagnets and magnets to rotate.

This is the English translation of the Media of the day description page from 17 April 2019.

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