Eco-friendly Solar Bra

It’s been featured on about a hundred news sites, but just in case you missed it, here’s a bunch of pictures and video of Japan’s newest eco bra:

Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.

Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd unveiled its environmentally friendly, and green colored, “Solar Power Bra” on Wednesday in Tokyo which features a solar panel worn around the stomach.

The panel requires light to generate electricity and the concept bra will not be in stores anytime soon, said Triumph spokeswoman Yoshiko Masuda, as “people usually can not go outside without wearing clothes over it.”

But it does send the message of how lingerie could possibly save the planet, Masuda said, adding that the bra should not be washed or sunned on a rainy day to avoid damaging it.

Several English & Japanese video news reports about the solar bra:

The solar panel:

Showing off the drink feature:

Check out Mainichi for a huge gallery of solar bra pictures.