Angela Lowe — October 5, 2006 — Lifestyle
References: engadget & gushmagazine
The Day-for-Night solar-powered dress designed by Despina Papadopoulos , is made up of over 444 white circuit boards. It was unveiled at the recent SIGGRAPH conference and will be on display at Chicago's A + D gallery until October 21st. The dress charges in the daylight and contains RGB LEDs on each tile that changes color in low light conditions. Future plans include the addition of a GPS, accelerometer, and OLED displays, as well as the introduction of a couture hat.
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