Haute or not? This sophisticated solar panel necklace, created by Swedish student designer Mae Yokoyama, is made from mini solar panels and embellished with tiny LED bulbs. After harvesting energy from that big incandescent ball of gas in the sky, the bulbs light up like a string of luminous pearls, turning, in Yokoyama’s own words, “energy into beauty.” Hey, we’ll take this over Triumph’s solar-powered bra any day.
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[...] elegant LED-solar panel necklace by Swedish student designer Mae Yokoyama doesn’t really provide any function except adornment [...]
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