Being green...

[temporus]

I'm all up for things that can help someone go green, save some electricity, gas, etc, etc.

But this one made me go Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???

Um...last time I checked, bra's didn't require power to function.  They worked off of basic principles of things like statics, and dynamics.  The mechanics of materials.  (Oh wait, that was my sophomore year engineering schedule, sorry.)  Really, unless you are a fembot, you shouldn't need your bra to generate electricity.  And unless you are a stripper, then how long are you spending in just a bra anyways?  Out in the light.  Where having a solar cell would do you any good?  Isn't the whole point of an undergarment to go, you know, under your outer garment?  And if it's under a layer (or more) of clothes, how exactly is this thing going to get light to the photovoltaics, and hence to charge up your cell?  Or iPod, or whatever?

Yeah yeah, it's the bra equivalent of the concept car.  I get that.  But why not just dedicate your design time into something actually useful.  Like solar thigh high boots?

Comments

[dqg-neal.livejournal.com]

Somehow I think that companies concept people have way too much time on their hands and little logic. They also had:

-bra that turns into a reusable shopping bag
(So the object designed to hold melons, can actually hold other sorts of melons when you go to the farmer's market?)

-one that featured metal chopsticks to promote the use of reusable chopsticks
(I guess it has some good underwire most of the time... but we won't go into the support during a meal. And now I guess you have to worry about food stains inside your clothing as well as outside.)

[joannahurley.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO

Congrats, you completely broke me.

[joannahurley.livejournal.com]

Heh - sounds like my schedule, too (where'd you go to school?).

And, yeah, totally useless. Kinda embarassing to waste time designing something like that, I'd think.

[joannahurley.livejournal.com]

N/m to the school question; I *gasp* read your profile. :)

[temporus.livejournal.com]

Not your alma matter then?

[joannahurley.livejournal.com]

No, I went to Stevens (an expensive choice, but Rutgers was probably too large for me, given my personality at the time; co-op helped with the costs a lot). That was pretty much my sophmore schedule, though. :)

[akaalysia.livejournal.com]

Well, if it weren't in that horrible fabric, and if it didn't have such a bad aesthetic, maybe women would wear it in the summer (when it's the sunniest) as a tank top?

I understand your issues with this, but I have to add, If you're going to make something this silly, couldn't you at least make it attractive? It could definitely go the cyberpunk route, especially with the LED screen on the front, and be more marketable.

But no, as usual, designers have missed the mark. How sad.

[temporus.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's a total gimmick. I don't think these people are serious about the bra being functional. I mean, they are the people who brought us such wonders as a pair of chopsticks that sit in your bra. Or the bra that converts into a tote bag.

I think they just like to be wacky and controversial.