Forget solar powered backpacks and panels - Ermenegildo Zegna’s Solar-Powered Jacket is hands down the most practical and best-looking way to charge your mobile gadgets that we have seen in a while. The jacket is slated to hit stores in November, but one New Yorker gave it a test drive and appeared to become a little obsessed with charging every small gadget he could find… including a mini refrigerator.
+0Sounds like a pretty good idea, but is it really practical? That collar doesn’t look as though it would be particualrly comfortable. How flexible are the photovoltaic cells?
+0You might be surprised. Polymer-based photovoltaic cells are tremendously thinner and more flexible than their glass cousins.
+0So, that’s it? just the collar?
That’s not a whole lot of power. I thought the whole thing would be covered in solar cells.
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+0Interesting. I’d like to know where it’s continually sunny and cold at the same time. What % of the population would be able to use such a thing?
+0nate,
it is cold and sunny in many places.
I can vouch for NYC and I think the penguins and Santa could weigh in on the poles.
+0There is actually usually more sunlight when it is cold then when it is hot.
Think about it.
When it is cold, there is a higher chance of there being snow, which sunlight reflects off of.
If you are in England, this might not be true, since it rains a lot, which means more clouds. You gotta feel sorry for those Brits. :(
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+0They need to make the whole jacket a solar cell using Thin Film solar cells versus sticking small flexible solar panels on the jacket.
Once they get to a point where the fabric of the jacket is acutally made from solar cells, that is when I will buy a solar powered jacket.
-Deep Patel
http://www.gogreensolar.com
+0This is quite interesting, This is great for those long trips on the subway when all I have to do is use my ipod. :) It is also very stylish indeed.
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