{"id":12940,"date":"2011-06-22T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=12940"},"modified":"2011-06-22T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T17:28:31","slug":"t-shirts-made-from-piezoelectric-material-to-rock-glastonbury-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/t-shirts-made-from-piezoelectric-material-to-rock-glastonbury-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"T-shirts Made from Piezoelectric Material to Rock Glastonbury Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orange's Sound Charge t-shirts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The UK’s Glastonbury Festival<\/a> isn’t just one of the biggest music events in world… it’s also become a launch pad for innovative consumer renewable energy technology<\/a>. Last year, mobile communications company Orange tested out its Power Wellies<\/a> (which harvested foot heat for charging phones, etc.)… I gave them some love over at SUNfiltered<\/a>. This year, the company’s trying out its Sound Charge t-shirts<\/a>, which incorporate piezoelectric materials<\/a> that “absorb” sound waves, and turn it into useful energy (again, for charging your phone… not many plugs out there).<\/p>\n

Our friends over at Ecouterre<\/a> have a thorough overview of the technology… and Orange has released the video below that explains the Sound Charge shirts.<\/p>\n