Solar Bikini Charges Your Gadgets On The Beach (PHOTOS, POLL)

Presenting the geekiest beachwear ever: the solar-powered swimsuit.

The Solar Bikini, designed by Andrew Schneider of Brooklyn, uses the sun to charge iPods, iPhones, and any other gadgets with a USB connector, reports the New York Post.

The suit uses conductive thread and thin photo-voltaic panels, creating a sort of chain-mail fabric that gives the bikini a medieval armor-meets-21st century look. The solar power absorbed by the panels charges any gadget that can be plugged into the suit's USB ports, sewn right into the fabric.

Schneider is in the process of creating a men's swimsuit using the same technology to chill beers, cutely-dubbed the iDrink.

You can even swim in the Solar Bikini, with one crucial caveat: "You just need to be dry before hooking up [your gadgets]," Schneider told the Daily Mail. There are easier ways to get a sizzling tan.

Quick Poll

Would you wear this geek-tastic bikini?

ABSOLUTELY! The suit's convenient and cute.

NO WAY! Unless I wanted to look like a total weirdo at the beach.

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Comments

[GreenerPeople]

03:25 PM on 08/01/2011

It's cool you can do this with flexible solar panels but... At less than $200 and 80 hours to hand stitch the tiny solar panels together they can't be paying more than 50 cents an hour to make these.

[flbmb1]

11:10 AM on 07/30/2011

You can put a girl that fine in anything revealing and it'll look great- But if you actually look at the suit itself it ridiculous!! I'm sure it's great in the chemical filled pool as well! Say goodbye to that silly invention--

[WireDolly]

11:20 PM on 07/29/2011

Hot!

[sho-nuff]

11:12 AM on 06/08/2011

THAT could wear whatever it wants...just sayin

[jeana21]

09:55 AM on 06/08/2011

Wait for the recall because of fried madges...

[Prof Wagstaff]

07:14 PM on 06/07/2011

I know MY gadgets are charged now.

[CocoAnn]

10:58 PM on 06/07/2011

You must have easily chargeable gadgets..... LOL

[nightfly4257]

06:10 PM on 06/07/2011

Where is the vibrator plug in?

[Reticent2]

04:16 PM on 06/07/2011

Barbarella lives!

[LumberjackAR]

03:05 PM on 06/07/2011

Do you get faster charges with a bigger bust size?

[WireDolly]

11:22 PM on 07/29/2011

LOL! If it takes more solar cells to cover 'em up, yeppers. A-cups like myself might find ourselves having to wait a bit longer to get fully charged!

[coljr]

12:28 PM on 06/07/2011

pretty clever. i wnder how heavy and hot wearing solar cells is tho???
not a bad idea for a big sun hat either?

[Feanor]

12:51 PM on 06/08/2011

Actually on a hat it's not a bad idea.

[coljr]

11:47 AM on 06/09/2011

thanx!
hey, if you don't mind, 'fan' me? if not, no biggie.

[JudgeCCrater]

12:15 PM on 06/07/2011

For those of you that thought ?-rich American consumers might be suffering from a bout of practical thinking....

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

12:38 PM on 06/07/2011

Exactly.

[deven61]

04:32 PM on 06/07/2011

You are too wordy...

[wllthompson8]

12:09 PM on 06/07/2011

we were aware that bikins charge a gadgets

[gclogue]

12:05 PM on 06/07/2011

Stylish, yet functional at the same time. . .

[360Dunk]

11:43 AM on 06/07/2011

Hookers can start wearing these and plug into a credit card verification system for their clients who are short of cash. I mean who hasn't reached into their wallet to pay up only to realize that you've already spent your last $250 on a bar tab?

[CocoAnn]

11:00 PM on 06/07/2011

why not link it to a bank with an overdraft facility while at it? hahaha

[Leon Engelun]

11:12 AM on 06/07/2011

it also charges vibrators