Google is getting together with the IEEE to offer a prize of $1 million for the individual or team that can shrink the size of a 2kVA power dc-to-ac inverter the most under the banner of The Little Box Challenge.

As the browser company and IT giant states: "Figure out how to shrink an inverter down to something smaller than a small laptop - a reduction of more than a factor of ten in volume - and smaller than everyone else, and you'll win a million dollars - and help revolutionize electricity…