Today's episode of Things You Didn't Expect To Read: "Solar Powered Bra"

[Lobster Martini]

(LM: I have no idea where to start mocking this…what do you with a phrase like “…how lingerie could possibly save the planet…”?

or this one: “…bra that turns into a reusable shopping bag and one that featured metal chopsticks to promote the use of reusable chopsticks.”

Don’t ask me about the chopsticks because I don’t know.

I think this was from Reuters…sometimes it is hard to laugh and write at the same time…I didn't make it up, but I wish I had...this is so Woody Allen...

Solar bra brings conservation closer to the heart

Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.

Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd unveiled its environmentally friendly, and green colored, "Solar Power Bra" on Wednesday in Tokyo which features a solar panel worn around the stomach.

The panel requires light to generate electricity and the concept bra will not be in stores anytime soon, said Triumph spokeswoman Yoshiko Masuda, as "people usually can not go outside without wearing clothes over it." (LM: Note the word "usually.")

But it does send the message of how lingerie could possibly save the planet, Masuda said, adding that the bra should not be washed or sunned on a rainy day to avoid damaging it.

Being eco-friendly is now fashionable in Japan, and the "Solar Energy Bra" follows the company's other green-themed undergarments that include a bra that turns into a reusable shopping bag and one that featured metal chopsticks to promote the use of reusable chopsticks.

"It is very comfortable and I can really feel involved in eco-friendly efforts as well," model Yuko Ishida said

[Mountainman]

1. If the thing shorts out say between the two breasts would that be a good thing or not?

Not being a woman I don't know how that would feel. Maybe some would get a charge out of it! pun intended.

[shain from kane]

4. She: "Be careful. I think I'm sunburned." He: "Nice tan lines."

[shain from kane]

2. Bra Zen by the Sun.

[quiet.american]

3. Hey, I'm all for anything that can re-charge an iPod on the go. :) nt

[NV Whino]

5. Umm...

"Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd unveiled its environmentally friendly, and green colored, "Solar Power Bra" on Wednesday in Tokyo which features a solar panel worn around the stomach."

Soooo, if the solar panel is worn around the stomach, why is this called a bra?

Maybe something just got lost in the translation. Um like the chopsticks thing.

[RC]

6. google info.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Solar+Powered+Bra&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_group&resnum=1&ct=title