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Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart (OF COURSE there are pictures; video too)
Reuters ^
| May 14, 2008
| Takanori Isshiki; Yoko Kubota; Miral Fahmy
Posted on 05/14/2008 4:11:08 PM PDT by Stoat
Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart
A model (C) displays lingerie maker Triumph International Japan's "Photovoltaic-Powered Bra" during an unveiling in Tokyo May 14, 2008. The camisole bra, which the company calls it as "earth and human friendly", features a solar panel which can display messages on the removable small electric board when the cell generates electricity. The bra is also equipped with pads designed to hold beverages so that the usage of cans and plastic bottles can be reduced, the company said.
REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.
Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd unveiled its environmentally friendly, and green colored, "Solar Power Bra" on Wednesday in Tokyo which features a solar panel worn around the stomach.
The panel requires light to generate electricity and the concept bra will not be in stores anytime soon, said Triumph spokeswoman Yoshiko Masuda, as "people usually can not go outside without wearing clothes over it."
But it does send the message of how lingerie could possibly save the planet, Masuda said, adding that the bra should not be washed or sunned on a rainy day to avoid damaging it.
Being eco-friendly is now fashionable in Japan, and the "Solar Energy Bra" follows the company's other green-themed undergarments that include a bra that turns into a reusable shopping bag and one that featured metal chopsticks to promote the use of reusable chopsticks.
"It is very comfortable and I can really feel involved in eco-friendly efforts as well," model Yuko Ishida said.
(Reporting by Takanori Isshiki; Writing by Yoko Kubota; editing by Miral Fahmy)
TOPICS: Humor; Outdoors; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bra; lingerie; solarbra; solarpowerbra
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:11:08 PM PDT
by
Stoat
To: martin_fierro
....a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:14:04 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
To: All
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:17:50 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Why wouldn’t they harnest the bounce motion instead of solar?
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:18:00 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: DannyTN
I thought it was odd that they would not be wearing any blouse over it in order for it to work; not that theres anything wrong with that.
To: martin_fierro
I'm so tired of searching three or four times with no results, and then discovering that it's already been posted. WTF????
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:22:30 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Maybe furry little varmits need more education spending to help them be more literate ?
:-)
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:32:30 PM PDT
by
festus
(Tagline removed.)
To: festus
LMAO
Or maybe people could ACTUALLY ADD KEYWORDS to their threads (the other one still doesn’t have ANY as of this moment) and maybe the Search function could become more literate?
“chortle”
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:36:00 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
I would suggest you were distracted by the pictures but having seen them I doubt a red blooded american varmit would be distracted by that.
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:42:42 PM PDT
by
festus
(Tagline removed.)
To: DannyTN
Why wouldn’t they harnest the bounce motion instead of solar?I would have no problem with that....bounciness is essential to an overall high quality of life (bounciness was banned under Stalin, or so I've heard)
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posted on
05/14/2008 4:54:40 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
why not solar panels on bald men?
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posted on
05/14/2008 5:47:44 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(I don't think outside the box. There is no box in my world.)
To: Stoat
The bra is also equipped with pads designed to hold beverages so that the usage of cans
Um, those cans already hold beverages,duh!!
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posted on
05/14/2008 6:53:10 PM PDT
by
Aut Pax Aut Bellum
(I haven't voted "for"anybody since Ronald Reagan, just have voted against...)
To: Stoat
“I would have no problem with that....bounciness is essential to an overall high quality of life (bounciness was banned under Stalin, or so I’ve heard)”
To this day the Russian’s joke about there being no sex in the Soviet Union.
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posted on
05/14/2008 7:29:34 PM PDT
by
Siberian-psycho
(An oppressed class which did not try to possess arms, would deserve to be treated as slaves." Lenin)
To: Stoat
OK, FR has sunk to a new low. I love it when that happens. Not guilty!
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posted on
05/14/2008 7:40:44 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(Send a care package through USO today.)
To: martin_fierro
This is pointless. Glad I’m here. ;’)
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posted on
05/14/2008 8:03:02 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
To: Stoat
Available in sizes AAA, AA, C, and D.
-PJ
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posted on
05/14/2008 8:06:29 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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