Solar-powered Energy Curtain illuminates at night

Our incessant need to slap solar panels on any surface that even has a remote chance of being exposed to sunlight has entered a new realm with the sun-collecting Energy Curtain. Created by Sweden-based Interactive Studios subsidiary Re:form, this modern window dressing builds up a charge during the day and uses embedded materials to provide illumination at night. The Energy Curtain is supposed to make us wax philosophical on the trade-offs between energy production and usage in a self-sustainable system, but we look at it as just another method of pulling enough sunjuice into our house to fulfill our goal of transforming into the solar-powered badguy in Superman IV.

[Sebastian @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I have the feeling it will not hit it big in the US .

[Gil @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

You just have to admire these kinds of things. You have one of those "how come nobody thought of that before" moments

[LD @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

So, uh, block the light during the day but turn on the light at night?

[Lon B @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

LD (comment #3), Many people are not home during the day. This solution keeps the space cool during the day (blocking out the light) and provides inexpensive , green illumination when occupied.

[Fin @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

Yeah, but I don't want green illumination. It'll make everything look irradiated instead of illuminated! ok, kidding. couldn't resist.

Depending on the illumination vs. cost, I'd be willing to consider something like this. Plus I bet it'd look cool with a bunch of those retro-futurist eggshell chairs...

[furtim @ Dec 19th 2005 2:38AM]

I've been meaning to replace my shades for a while now, anyway...