Andrew Schneider's invention is the glorious future of swimwear that will replace the obsolete and dangerous coal-burning bikinis of today:
The suit is a standard medium-sized bikini 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
Question: wouldn't it make more sense to make a one piece swimsuit? You know -- for more electricity.
Link and Project Website -via Technabob | Photo: Ecouterre
Forgive me for being pedantic, but that's not a solar-powered bikini. Bikinis do not require a power source.
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::7th-grade-level comment about the lassie in the photo incl. terrible pseudo-joke/innuendo to be followed up by next commenter declaiming, "That's what she said!"::
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@shadowfirebird: you have no soul.
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sexy solar swimsuit... my life is complete....
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Too bad everything in that picture is fake. That is a completely unnatural looking lawn.
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But a flat chest is a much more efficient deployment of the array!
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The engineer in me wants to know how power is passed between the two halves. And to volunteer for measuring efficiency losses due to under-boob shadowing...
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