Halfmoon, NY – (PR Newswire) – October 25, 2005 – DayStar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSTI), a developer and manufacturer of proprietary high performance photovoltaic (PV) products, announced today that Frost & Sullivan has selected the Company as the recipent of its 2005 Technology Innovation of the Year Award.  The Award recognizes DayStar’s significant contributions toward the commercialization of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) photovoltaic cells.

“We are honored to be recognized for our innovative development and contributions to the photovoltaic market,” said Dr. John Tuttle, President and CEO of DayStar Technologies.  “This Award further validates our technical achievements and ongoing dedication to reach gigawatt scale production of Photovoltaic Foil™ and deliver on the promise of pervasive solar energy.” A

Frost & Sullivan has recognized DayStar for its pioneering efforts toward new research resulting in innovations that have or are expected to bring significant contributions to the industry in terms of adoption, change and competitive posture.

“It has the potential to meet the three primary desired attributes of solar cell technology: performance/reliability, form-factor (flexible/durable) and cost. Many other solar cell technologies meet only one or two attributes,” said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Viswanathan Krishnan.The Award will be presented at the Frost & Sullivan 2005 Best Practices Awards Banquet on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 in Miami, Florida.

About Frost & Sullivan
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About DayStar Technologies, Inc.
DayStar Technologies, Inc. is an emerging leader in low cost, high efficiency Photovoltaic Foil™ that converts sunlight into energy. The Company's patented and proprietary products include silicon-free CIGS solar cells, which are deposited on flexible metal foils using production processes adapted from commodity computer component manufacturing. DayStar believes the unique combination of its CIGS solar cell design coupled with proprietary manufacturing processes on flexible metal substrates could substantially lower costs and remove deployment barriers currently limiting large adoption of solar energy. For more information on the Company, please visit http://www.daystartech.com.

Photovoltaic Foil™, PV Foil™, TerraFoil™, TerraFoil-SP™ and LightFoil™ are registered trademarks of DayStar Technologies, Inc.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT: This news release contains "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "future, " "plan" or "planned, " "will" or "should," "expected," "anticipates," "draft," "eventually" or "projected." You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including risks that our products may not achieve customer acceptance or that they will not perform as expected, and other risks identified in our annual report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and DayStar Technologies Inc. undertakes no obligation to update such statements.

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