Orange unveils t-shirt that charges mobile phones for Glastonbury 2011

21Jun11

Mobile phone company Orange is going after the cool kids at Glastonbury with prototype t-shirts which charge handsets.

The charging system is based on ‘piezoelectric film,’ a technology commonly used in hi-fi speakers, which turns vibrations into electrical voltage, and is thin enough to be woven into a cotton shirt. The energy gathered from sound waves is stored in a reservoir battery, which can then be plugged into a mobile phone to charge it. 

Whatever next?  Solar panel shoulder pads?

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/t_shirt_recharges_mobile_phones

 

 

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