Not fashionable but functional wearable solar power
Wearable electronic is often associated with being not fashionable enough, looking ‘geeky’ and functional.
I have to admit some commercial products and concept designs confirm this association but there is a growing number of commercial as well as concept designs showing the fusion of technology and fashion can enrich both: the use of technology in new [...]
SunnyBag – chic solar power for the Business Pro
Sunnybag is a new line of exclusive shoulder bags with integrated, flexible solar panels made by Austrian company Ponsold.
The first model available is the ‘Business Pro‘, made of finest dark brown cow-skin leather and includes a 1600mAh Li-Ion battery pack, 2 flexible solar panels with 3 watts of power output, connectors to more than 400 [...]
Zegna Ecotech Solar Jacket
Italian’s high end fashion brand Ermenegildo Zegna is making a big impact again in the innovative, technology enhanced fashion arena with the launch of the Ecotech Solar Jacket as part of the Zegna Sport collection.
Almost 2 years after Zegna introduced the first top brand solar jacket in the market, the Solar JKT which had [...]
SolarStrap – wearable solar power module
Finland based Suntrica is a young company exploring the possibilities of thin, lightweight solar panels as wearable add-on solution for clothing and bags.
An interesting idea as such self-containing add-on module allows to quickly and easily move it from one bag to another, leave it at home when no sun is shining.
Personally I like the integration [...]
Solar fiber – another step towards photovoltaic textiles
Many of us dream of getting electrical energy not only free of charge but also have it available in the remotest areas of our world. Even better, if everyday objects like our clothing can constantly and continuously keep our pockets full of electrical gadgets powered forever, it would feel like the digital heaven on earth.
To [...]
DIY Solar Power from Voltaic
Good news for DIY enthusiasts: more and more companies offer components from their product portfolio for DIY projects making it easy to explore their latest technologies.
Voltaic, well known as pioneer of solar power bags has added a DIY Solar Project Site offering solar panels, battery packs and a huge selection of connectors (it’s shocking to [...]
Solar power pure
I spend a lot of time outside with plenty of sinshine during my travel across Europe while my solar bag is doing a nice job in sucking the sun power to give me the ‘extra mile’ on battery power for my gadgets.
Being around Europe I came across another company located in Switzerland having a small [...]
Powerbrella – thin, flexible Solar power
Solar textiles might still be a bit far away but flexible, thin film solar panel material like Konarka a leader in the flexible solar film market is developing, provide a option to integrate solar power charging function into clothing and bags.
A smart and environmentally interesting product, the Powerbrella™ is the latest development Konarka is exploring [...]
Sense and sensibility of Solar charging bags and clothing
During the past few days, portable solar charging for cell-phones have made the news rounds as a couple of cell-phones with solar panels on one side have been introduced during last weekends MWC (Mobile Wireless Congress) in Spain.
While the idea to make self charging, power grid independent devices is highly appreciative, the sensibility of the [...]
Solar Buddy from Sakku
Heated clothing is a hot item in our coverage at the moment especially helpful in the northern parts of the world but we should not forget another hot item – solar charging bags – useful and practical in the warmer regions of the world and of course useful as well during sunny winter times as [...]
