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Even a bra can’t stretch this far
We continue our Faustian pact with the consumer products industry, where we cover the exciting new concept products that they create in a shameless attempt to get coverage in columns such as this one.
And so to Triumph’s solar-powered bra, which comes with a detachable solar panel. This exciting development could power an iPod or a mobile phone, the company suggests.
There are three problems at the moment that will mean this is probably the last time you will ever hear about the “Photovoltaic-Powered Bra”.
The first is that it contains an enormous solar panel, which is more or less just glued on the front.
The second is that it’s damaged by rain.
The third is that it doesn’t work if you put clothes on top of it.
So we conclude this is easily the silliest boffin idea we have ever featured. Unless, of course, you know better.
Well, that's another government or EU grant usefully spent, then.
Or are Triumph anticipating the effects of global warming, expecting the bra to become the most upper body clothing that women will want to wear? A little premature, surely?
Posted by :chaz chance | May 27, 2008 1:02 PM