Solar Bikini /// Andrew Schneider /// 2006

Soon to be commercialised, the geek chic of Andrew Schneider ( a student at Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts of New York University ) gets us stripped!

solar bikini

A bikini allowing you to charge your mp3-player, Solar Bikini is a swimsuit retrofitted with 1″ x 4″ photovoltaic film strips sewn together in series with conductive thread. The cells terminate in a 5 volt regulator into a female USB connection.

The male version ( coming up ) is called iDrink, featuring a greater surface area which equals more output voltage. This additional juice is used to power a 1.5 amp peltier junction which cools a single beer in a custom coozy. Double cool!

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