Charging Stations in NYC

          Low on your electronic device battery, whether it's your tablet, phone or mp3, and need that extra charging boost? Tired of constantly looking for a store in the city that may have a spare outlet to plug your charger and charge it? Well, thanks to AT&T, Goal Zero and Brooklyn-based design studio Pensa called Street Charge, there will be 25 new solar stations. In other words, it defines as a convenient and fresh way to charge your device within a few blocks from your location.
          Street Charge will be equipped with iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 chargers, as well as microUSB and USB cords for charging other devices. The solar power is derived from three 15-watt solar panels and is stored in lithium-ion batteries, both provided by Goal Zero, and thus, has the capacity to charge your device day and night. The devices are able to charge within a couple of hours, specifically in 4 hours.

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As Summer comes, how useful is a Solar-Powered Bikini?

     When you're at the beach and you forgot to charge your MP3 or phone, what do you do? Do you wait in the car charging up your device while your friends are having fun in the sun? If so, this may come in handy: a solar-powered bikini!
      Invented by a Brooklyn-based designer, Andrew Schneider, this invention is able to power up your electronic devices but is able to be completely safe to wear in the water. Not only that but Schneider is actually accepting custom orders for the bikinis as well.

Schneider spends about 80 hours on each bikini, hand-stitching super-slim flexible photovoltaic film strips together using conductive thread

The swimsuit also comes with a USB connector that you can plug into your phone or mp3 to power up your device using the sun's rays