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Solar Panels For Your Pants

Posted by samzenpus on from the put-some-power-in-your-pocket dept.

Phoghat writes "A new line of clothes come with its own solar panels to charge small electronics in your pocket. It might be overdoing the 'Green' technology but for the low, low price of $920, you can own a pair of Go Urban Cargo Pants, which boasts 'fly front, low-slung drawstring waist, and two back patch pockets with button down flaps,' but the main reason you might want them is the: "'two side cargo pockets with independently functioning power supply.'"

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  1. Or I can charge my stuff at home by jbeaupre · · Score: 2

    And only pay $0.10/kWhr.
    (Or work and pay 0.)
      And buy pants that don't suck.

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    1. Re:Or I can charge my stuff at home by Lumpy · · Score: 2

      I pay $0.08 sucker... Living in a city with a Nuke ROCKS!

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  2. Washable? by Sonny+Yatsen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm seeing a lot of the clothes with integrated technological bits and I always wonder one thing: Is this washable? From the looks of it, these things use removable solar panels. If someone forgets to remove them, I'm guessing you wind up with a $920 dollar pair of regular pants that looks ugly to boot. Let's face it, if you're stupid enough to shell out $920 bucks for these things, you probably aren't the sharpest bowling ball on the rack and you probably will forget to take them out when you wash it.

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  3. Re:backpack with a solar panel, by oldspewey · · Score: 2

    Also, a solar panel on your backpack doesn't necessarily guarantee that you're going to get a beating when you arrive at school.

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  4. UK translation: they don't mean underwear by fantomas · · Score: 2

    In the UK "pants" mean "underwear". So some of the slashdot readers on the other side of the pond were probably very confused about this article :-)

    In the UK those outwear items you wear on your legs over your underwear / pants are called "trousers".