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Nice Dress, but it Would Look Better if it was… Charging my Phone

Posted by Zach Epstein on Jan 23, 2008 9:31 am 16 comments
Filed in Wacky Gadgets

This dress may very well spawn more obnoxious one-liners than the advent of the frat house. It may also look like something out of The Fifth Element, but believe it or not it could be the start of an interesting new trend. Perhaps plugging your gear into your laptop bag for a charge isn’t up your alley; how about plugging into your girlfriend? New York-based Studio 5050’s latest project dubbed Day-for-Night is a dress that is actually a network of small white circuit boards. The dress can be reconfigured as the wearer desires as the boards are fully modular. Of course Day-for-Night isn’t purely decorative; each board is ready for jumper connectors and either an RGB LED, a photocell or even a solar cell. That’s right, the Day-for-Night dress could potentially be home to 400 or more solar cells just waiting to charge up all kinds of gear. In its current stage of development, the dress already integrates a control board and / or a variety of other equipment. In terms of solar power, there is no reason that Studio 5050 couldn’t rework it and add some kind of storage mechanism to extend its usefulness beyond direct sunlight. All of the interesting possibilities aside though, we have to wonder what happens if it rains?

[Via Gadget Lab]

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16 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 9:51 am, Galvatron Said:

    that thing looks very uncomfortable toud brobablr have red marks all over from the skin irirtationsan water slight risk of eletricion>

    mythbusters bait lol

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  2. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 11:38 am, Ryan Said:

    She looks like she’s wearing floor tiles.

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  3. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 11:55 am, Galvatron Said:

    lmao thats gottbe drafty too

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  4. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 11:57 am, Randy Said:

    The Straps look like it they could snap easily….mmmm

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  5. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 12:12 pm, Galvatron Said:

    you put some magenta tiles on ther an you hae tmos next spokes woman lol

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  6. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 12:33 pm, Skeezix404 Said:

    The answer to your question: It gets wet.

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  7. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 12:59 pm, Mr Hopkins Said:

    I can’t wait to see the men’s line…maybe a nice A-shirt(wifebeater), or some cargo shorts.

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  8. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 1:10 pm, james Said:

    Galvatron,
    Please go away.

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  9. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 1:55 pm, bpm200 Said:

    So where do I plug in?

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  10. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 3:33 pm, Skeezix404 Said:

    Agree with james - Galvatron, learn to type and spell and we’ll all respect you more.

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  11. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 6:24 pm, Galvatron Said:

    never mwa ha ha ha

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  12. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 6:53 pm, Jeff B. Said:

    If she just had bigger boobs…

    bpm200,
    It’s down there…ya know…the dirty south…

    LOLMFAO @ Gal!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  13. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 7:38 pm, Galvatron Said:

    it’s the firfox babe scenario all over again

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  14. On Jan 23, 2008 @ 9:12 pm, S Said:

    Check out the hands……SHE’S A MAN BABY!!!

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  15. On Jan 24, 2008 @ 12:45 am, Galvatron Said:

    nah it’s a chick theres no adams apple

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  16. On Jan 24, 2008 @ 10:48 am, Emile Borel Said:

    Galvatron = One man’s attempt to singlehandedly prove the infinite monkey theorem. Keep it up, Cheetah.

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