Mmm, you'are an eco-conscious IT lady. Definitely, you need a suitable garb to express your ecologically correct attitute to everybody... well, at least, to your loved ones. A lady's lingerie firm, Triumph International (Japan), has shown the ultimate answer. Solar cell bra.

"No! to disposable chopsticks bra." She's got her personal o-hashi stashed somewhere in her bra.	"No! to plastic bag bra". Her bra transformed into reusable shopping bag. She has to wear two layers of bra for the picture.

The Japanese offshoot of German underwear giant, Triumph Internnational, has been active in creating (or joking about?) the eco-friendly image for some time. Like, "No! to plastic shopping bag bra", and "No! to disposable chopsticks, I've got my bra".

Stop laughing. The former is a decent-looking bra until the shopper gets through the checking counter of her local grocer. She then pulls out her bra in front of the curious eyes of the cashier, and turns it into a nice shopping bag, like a Transformer toy from her kid. Impressed? I guess not.

Amazing Transformer bra. Not for you kids!

The latter, a bra with a pair of folding chopsticks, o-hashi, stashed securely in it. In a restaurant, when a bowl of steaming hot ramen comes to the bra wearer's table, she pries out these o-hashi from her bosom somehow under the curious eyes of fellow eaters, and shouts: "I don't need your disposable o-hashi!"

These two eco-stunts immediately fizzled out, without leaving any noticeable trace. The fate of joke goods, you know.

All right, the solar cell bra. Crazy Triumph designers installed a largish solar panel on the frontal torso part of a camisole. Looks like a hopeless jury job, made do with a ready-made solar panel bought at Akihabara speciality shop. Triumph did not give the specs, but the panel of the picture's size gives around 10W at 12V.

Solar cell bra from Triumph Japan. Is this a joke? Or a nightmare?

As you can see, the bra part has two transparent water-filled pads that support and lift up the undersides of boob. A kind of ersatz saline implant,the notorious boob job. Triumph claims when feeling thirsty, the wearer can drink the water through a built-in straw. You are hydrophobic? Then fill them with any liquid... apple juice, beer, vodka, even with milk.

And you think these two waterpads are heated or cooled by solar cell? Wrong. Solar cell has nothing to do with these. Its power lights up only a tiny LED panel. Yes, that's it, nothing else, nothing more.

What other gears can I connect to the bra? My PDA, certainly. Have to lower the voltage down to +5V. Web camera to transmit the wearer's breast image? Touch alarm to fend off gropers?

When I was pondering over the picture on the screen, my useless no-good nephew peeped over my shoulder.

"Wow, Ojisan, this an excellent bright idea. She can run her vibrator forever with this electric bra!"

"You hopeless idiot. There is a big shortage of sunshine at night when she usually runs it, if ever!

I guess Japanese young men of these days can't think things straight. Future of Japan remains dark and hopeless.

Anyway, Triumph Japan jury-rigged this eco-crazy bra only for its tradeshow, 2008 Fall-Winter Triumph Collection, Tokyo, May 14 and 15. Not unlike the so-called "concept models" at a motor show. So, don't expect to find them at high-street boutiques or at Akiba joke goods shops soon.

One thing I don't understand: Triumph Japan went berserk of its own accord, or its German headquarters gave the go-ahead sign in despair?

Trying to assemble a similar thing yourself and please your girlfriend? Would be rather easy, but I don't recommend it. She'll get so angry she will definitely electrocute you.

 

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