Brooklyn designer invents Solar-Powered Bikinis

Brooklyn resident Andrew Schneider calls this creation of his an iKini.



A Brooklyn designer has created a new bikini made from fabric that generates electricity when out in the sun. Made from hand-stitched fabric, it incorporates multiple solar panels and generates enough volts to power your iPod. It does cost around $200, but if you really are tied to your iPod and do spend days in the sun, then this could be the device for you! Just as long as you don't short-circuit yourself when going for a swim!



Andrew Schneider spends up to 80 hours hand-sewing photo-voltaic panels to a custom-fitted bikini using conductive thread. The designer uses forty thin, flexible photo-voltaic panels in each bikini, and he’s planning to design a set of swim trunks which can cool a beer (ice is too mainstream).

The suit can get wet, but Schneider says it has to be completely dry before plugging in any devices. Each made-to-order bikini comes with four hidden pockets to store cell phones, mp3 players, and other small items, making it the premier swimwear for aficionados of mixing electrical devices, capacitors, and large bodies of water.

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