Two words: "Burning Man."
:)
Doug Jones wrote:
>
> > Emlyn & Jodie on Pentacle wrote:
> >
> > Oh, and I'm thinking of building a coat from working solar collectors
> > (panels? cloth if such a thing exists?). I'm thinking that the finished
> > outfit might power some wearable computing trickery. Mostly it'd be a PR
> > thing for the band & for personal high tech in general (plus I'd get a
> > really freaky solar suit! Ha ha!).
> >
> > *The word "cool" here means cool according to me, which may or may not
> > map onto a more general definition, depending who you ask.
>
> Cool is far from describing such a suit- you'd risk heatstroke wearing it
> in full sunlight- solar cells are *dark* and turn 75%+ of the light falling
> on them into heat. Don't wear it in Mojave in the summer, that's for damn
> sure...
>
> --
> Doug Jones
> Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace
> http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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