ScotteVest unveiled its gadget jacket at the CES show this month. The jacket, powered by the sun, will enable the wearer to carry and keep charged, various gadgets. The technology used in its design is sure to evolve our clothing to a more techno-compatible state.
The jacket has two small snap-on photovoltaic panels that fit onto its shoulders. These charcoal-gray solar panels convert the sun’s rays into energy, which then feed a hidden battery pack about the size of a deck of cards. The batteries are wired to all the pockets, which can have almost any mobile devices plugged into them.
The PAN, or Personal Area Network, used by ScotteVest’s Technology Enabled Clothing division provides jacket-pocket holes and fabric conduits that connect all the gadgets to each other without exposing any wires. So what appears to be an unassuming anorak jacket is really a web of wires and technology in disguise.
The jacket will be able to charge your gadgets as if they were plugged into an AC socket, taking about the same amount of time to charge. The PAN will direct the charging power to the gadget that needs it with the help of intelligent battery-pack software. The jacket will come with several power connectors so that the wearer can easily attach their gadgets. Due to hit the mainstream in the spring, initial cost will be around $300.
For more info on the various designs and fabrics, visit SCOTTeVEST
Source: Wired Magazine …Thanks to ZombyBoy for the headsup
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