trendwatching: smart solar solutions and the motorcycle you wear!
In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond talks about two neat solar ideas. Scottish firm, ZM Architecture have designed solar lily pads for the River Clyde, according to Inhabit:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/12/solar-lily-pads-planned-for-glasgows-clyde-river/
As well, Gizmag features a thin silicon solar film by Signet Solar:
http://www.gizmag.com/thin-film-solar-modules-manufacturing/9378/
Meanwhile, in keeping with the trend towards biomimicry, Nora Young spots this wild motorcycle that you ‘wear’, courtesy of coolhunting:
http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2008/05/yamaha_wearable.php
She wonders whether it’s a return to cyborg chic