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NYU grad invents solar bikini

NYU grad invents solar bikini

September 19th, 2007 by by Mary Jane Weedman

Imagine it’s a warm August day. You’re lying on the beach and trying to relax — but your beer is warm, and your iPod’s batteries are dead. If only there were a bathing suit that could solve yr problems.

Andrew Schneider knows how you feel. And he’s done something about it. A 2007 graduate of New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, Schneider spent a semester inventing a solar bikini, made of small photovoltaic film strips. The suit isn’t waterproof, but it has a built-in USB port and can generate enough power to charge an iPod.

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