Solar jacket

Indarra DTX is a small design firm based in Buenos Aires that's experimenting with technologies applied to fabrics and different kinds of materials in modern clothing.

Launched about two months ago at Puro Diseno fair by Julieta Gayoso, the firm has started with a collection that includes a solar jacket (picture above), a vest with anti-stain treatment, bamboo t-shirts for women and lyocell t-shirts for men.

Her solar jacket has a dismountable and semi-flexible photovoltaic panel that generates enough energy to power personal devices. The panel is connected to a li-ion battery that stores the charge, and has outputs to plug in iPods and other MP3 players, PDAs, digital cameras and rechargeable batteries. A stabilizer allows to adjust the output voltage.

Source: treehugger.comAdded: 8 October 2008