AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure, Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
smart textiles, intelligent clothing
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Vollebak
WEBSITE
https://www.vollebak.com/product/solar-charged-jacket/
A Solar Charged Jacket
The Solar Charged Jacket is made from a highly responsive material so it can be solar charged.
The Solar Charged Jacket is made from a highly responsive material that can be instantly charged and made to glow in the dark by any light source you can find. Whether you’re writing on it with your iPhone torch, drawing on it with a flashlight, charging it up underneath a lightbulb, or wearing it out in the sunshine, as soon as you take it somewhere dark it glows like kryptonite. And while this is the kind of tech that would normally only work in a lab, the Solar Charged Jacket performs amazingly out in the real world. With every detail laser cut and welded, it’s waterproof, stretchy, highly breathable, and so soft and lightweight you can roll it up into your hand.
The core tech that enables the jacket to glow is its membrane – an ultra-thin layer housed inside a translucent mesh that keeps rain out and lets sweat escape. Engineered with a phosphorescent compound it rapidly stores any light it comes into contact with and re-emits it slowly over time.