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#37097 - 05/17/08 07:36 AM Japanese are technologically ahead of us as usual
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Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart



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)
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#37100 - 05/17/08 08:46 AM Re: Japanese are technologically ahead of us as usual [Re: oenophore]
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Hmm... there's really nothing "solar" about the bra, is there? You could just take the solar panels and pin them to the front of a t-shirt and you wouldn't have any of the reported unwashable issue.
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#37101 - 05/17/08 10:51 AM Re: Japanese are technologically ahead of us as usual [Re: quanto_the_mad]
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Hmm... there's really nothing "solar" about the bra, is there? You could just take the solar panels and pin them to the front of a t-shirt and you wouldn't have any of the reported unwashable issue.

Quite so, Quanto. Nevertheless, it's a Japanese company that's pioneering here. I'd think a sombrero would be a more practical solar powered garment. It would be convenient to connect a radio, Walkman or Ipod-like device to it.
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