Street Charge: Sign posts into charging stations
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The creative fellows at Pensa are turning a few heads with their Street Charge concept that would seek to turn everyday city street signs into illuminated charging stations for mobile devices
The idea is simple: strap some photovoltaics to any upright piece of street furniture such as a bus shelter or street sign, and it becomes a simple matter of cables and conduits to turn the furniture into a charging station into which pedestrians can plug their telephones
Concept images suggest that the underside of the small PV array (which bends out from the top of the street sign rather like an ice hockey stick) could be embedded with LEDs to offer supplementary pedestrian lighting
They even go as far as to add surfaces (made from locally reclaimed materials, natch) on which to rest your phone, and a coffee, while you wait
Concept images suggest that the underside of the small PV array (which bends out from the top of the street sign rather like an ice hockey stick) could be embedded with LEDs to offer supplementary pedestrian lighting
The idea is simple: strap some photovoltaics to any upright piece of street furniture such as a bus shelter or street sign, and it becomes a simple matter of cables and conduits to turn the furniture into a charging station into which pedestrians can plug their telephones
Concept images suggest that the underside of the small PV array (which bends out from the top of the street sign rather like an ice hockey stick) could be embedded with LEDs to offer supplementary pedestrian lighting
They even go as far as to add surfaces (made from locally reclaimed materials, natch) on which to rest your phone, and a coffee, while you wait
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The creative fellows at Pensa are turning a few heads with their Street Charge concept that would seek to turn everyday city street signs into illuminated charging stations for mobile devices.
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