Being out and about with your devices rapidly running out of battery power can rapidly turn into a sticky situation. Suddenly you find yourself unable to hail rideshares and incapable of transferring money around. For the fashion conscious who wish to avoid this, [Kitty Yeung]’s design may be a valuable addition to their summer closet.
The project starts with [Kitty] sewing an elegant bodice and shorts out of a silky silver material. This fabric tends to fray when cut, so fabric glue and iron-on tape was used to protect the edges. This also makes sure the garment doesn’t fall to pieces when washed or worn often. Ribbons, pockets, and other features were designed into the garments to integrate them with hardware to enable the garments to act as a portable charging solution. 3D-printed brackets are affixed to the shoulders, holding a solar panel in an upward-facing angle to catch a good amount of sun. The panel chosen integrates circuitry to output a nice, clean 5V output for charging devices over USB.
It’s a fashionable outfit that also packs useful hardware, and we agree with [Kitty] that it really would be perfect for Burning Man. The cone hat was a nice touch, too. It’s not the first time we’ve heard from [Kitty] either – she appeared as a speaker at 2018’s Hackaday Superconference, too!
If she made the solar panels into wings (wing shaped) she could be the Solar Fairy!
That would be a cool bit for festivals, be the solar fairy to top ppls cells up.
Wow, I didn’t think of that, I just thought of wings to be more fairy like, but being a real Solar Fairy to charge peoples phones, that’s awesome!
There’s no accounting for taste. For me, it wouldn’t even be practical, though I imagine the daywalkers would find some use for it.
I am not an expert in girls fashion but: Isn’t she wearing a “night dress” … a dress or costume for the night … night is dark … dark has no sunshine … no sunlight … no charging … ???
Finally! A piece of fashion wearable technology where I can tell what the use case is!
Thank you, Kitty Yeung!
It looks really nice, too.