It may well be something of a niche market. But for those fed up with their iPod running out of power when lazing about in a bikini, help is at hand.
It comes in the shape of a £120 swimsuit made of solar panels that can charge everything from an MP3 to a camera. The Solar Bikini is powered by the sun and has USB sockets stitched in for the wearer to plug in an electronic device.
The designer, New York-based Andrew Schneider, is even hoping to create a pair of trunks that can cool a can of soda. He spends up to 80 hours creating each bikini with 40 paper thin flexible, photo-voltaic panels and conductive thread. The user can even take a dip. “You just need to be dry before hooking up,” he added.
Anyone worried about getting a shock from their swimwear need not be. “You wouldn’t even feel the charge,” Schneider insists.
