  We discuss an alternative approach to the detection of solar neutrinos using
a coarsely segmented detector based on inverse-beta decay onto $^{160}$Gd or
$^{176}$Yb. While it is know that similar approaches, already discussed in the
literature, can in principle provide low-threshold, real-time energy
spectroscopy with intrinsic background rejection features, the concepts
presented here make this scheme possible with lower background and current
technology.
