How Practical Is This Pair Of Ray-Bans That Charges Your iPhone?
An Indian origin designer has found a way to use the power of the sun and a pair of Ray-Bans to charge a mobile phone in evening.
By Judith Yeoh — 18 Nov 2013, 05:09 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
A designer has turned a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses into an iPhone charging device by adding solar panels to them
Wearables are all the rage these days, especially with Google Glass getting a possible wider release soon. But Glass is not the only wearable of its kind and it will definitely have plenty of competition once it starts rolling out. One such rival could be Ray-Ban's new prototype solar-powered sunglasses.
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Dubbed the Ray-Ban “Shama”, the concept device has a frame that can capture solar power throughout the day, which can then be used to charge an iPhone or any iOS device with a Lightning port.
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The shades have a small solar panel on each arm, and that's apparently enough to charge an iPhone 5 when the sun goes down. Here's how
The temples (arms) of the sunglasses capture sunlight throughout the day, and you plug them into your iPhone when the sun goes down.
slashgear.comOne of the temples would detach, revealing a connector to plug directly into an iPhone. The energy would be stored throughout the body of the sunglasses, presumably.
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This may or may not be technically viable: The iPhone sucks down a lot of power, and solar power tends to be more passive than wall power when transferring power.
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Thought up by Indian designer Sayalee Kaluskar, the wearable is just a concept so far
The design is just a concept at this point. The Shama was envisioned and mocked up by Cutwater’s Sayalee Kaluskar while studying at the Miami Ad School, replete with sassy ad copy (“So now, even when the sun goes down, you still look badass.”)
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She simply took a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses and placed small solar panels on each side of the frame, allowing the sunglasses to harness solar energy during the day, reveals psfk. She designed it as a part of the student project at the San Francisco campus of the Miami Ad School. The name is the urdu word for a lamp or candle.
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