A run powered by the sun
Our proximity to technology is narrowing the gap between human and machine, creating the potential for people to become walkable harvesters of energy, depending on what you may be wearing.
Recently, Garmin has registered a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a solar-powered OLED watch. The patent describes a type of OLED watch display that would disperse photovoltaic materials in between the subpixels of an OLED screen. This kind of tech could be used for basically any outdoor product, such as watches, GPS units or bike gadgets, suggests Gadgets and Wearables.
Sun-powered textiles and wearables that are designed to pass light through them are allowing people to become harvesters of their own energy. Charging your devices may become a way of recharging yourself — with movement, outside, under the sun.
Anna is the Editorial Director at sparks & honey and author of sparks & honey’s cultural intelligence reports. She eats blueberries at 5pm every day, and when she's not writing, Anna is running across bridges in NYC, taking photographs along the way.