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Solar Chic.(Solar-Powered Jacket)(Product/service evaluation)
History has not been kind to garments that serve a function other than that of keeping their wearers warm or unnaked or adorable. You don't see a lot of people running around in chain mail these days, and the vogue for beer helmets--those baseball hats equipped with beer-can holders that allow the hat's wearer to drink beer through a plastic tube--seems to have stalled in frat houses. But I have hopes of better things for the Solar-Powered Jacket, a new item that the Italian firm Ermenegildo Zegna is launching later this year. Its heart is in the right place. Moreover, after test-driving the jacket for a three-week period recently, I can report that it possesses a quality ...
- SCOTTeVEST and Global Solar Prepare Solar Jacket for Holiday Season.
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 5, 2004 700+ words
...and Global Solar Energy (GSE), developer and manufacturer of flexible solar cells, announced that the first solar-powered jacket designed to carry, connect and charge portable devices will be available in time for the holiday season. The solar panels...
- Zegna Sport's Groundbreaking ECOTECH SOLAR JACKET to be Featured on 'Green...
- Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire October 1, 2009 700+ words
...technologies being utilized, and is scheduled to be aired as paid programming on the Discovery Channel. Zegna Sport's 'ECOTECH SOLAR JACKET' combines the groundbreaking 'ECOTECH' recycled innovation with SOLAR cell technology to create performance apparel that...
- Zegna Sport's Groundbreaking ECOTECH SOLAR JACKET to be Featured on 'Green...
- Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation October 16, 2009 700+ words
...technologies being utilized, and is scheduled to be aired as paid programming on the Discovery Channel. Zegna Sport's 'ECOTECH SOLAR JACKET' combines the groundbreaking 'ECOTECH' recycled innovation with SOLAR cell technology to create performance apparel that...
- Plugging In.(Cold Front/Hot List/Wearable Tech)(battery-powered jacket)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Skiing December 1, 2004 700+ words
...jackets are equipped with MP3-friendly audio ports, outerwear is entering the I, Robot realm. Marmot sells a battery-powered jacket with electro-luminescent panels for improved visibility--and they're developing ways to display information (think...
- New device uses Tucson, Ariz., firm's solar panels to power mobile electronics.
- Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) September 9, 2004 700+ words
...as well -- with a new "solar jacket" that uses solar panels...photovoltaic panels for a solar-powered jacket made by ScotteVest Inc...ScotteVest, said of the solar jacket. Sold online through Scotte...Enabled Clothing division, the solar jacket carries a price of $425...
- SPRING FORWARD; PITTI EXHIBITORS FRESHEN UP WITH SUBTLE COLORS, LIGHTER...
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Colavita, Courtney Scheidnes, Jean June 25, 2007 700+ words
...linen trim on the undercollar of piqu polos. For the gadget guy, Zegna introduced its newest tech innovation: the solar-powered jacket. Solar panels on the collar power a multifunctional charger located in the inside pocket. Four hours of sun and your Blackberry...
- Zegna Sport.(GIFT GUIDE: Elegant Electronics)
- Magazine article from: Town & Country December 1, 2007 700+ words
Zegna Sport men's Solar Jacket with detachable solar-panel collar ($995), at Ermenegildo Zegna boutiques; zegna.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
- big boys toys; Hard to believe it was 25 years ago that Ghostbusters first...
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) July 7, 2009 700+ words
...very often causes the temperature of a room to drop but don't let that bother you. Beat the chill with this battery-powered jacket which pumps a lovely warm glow into your kidney region courtesy of two heating pads. Exo2 Stormwalker Heated Jacket, pounds...
