Solar panel-packin' sunglasses power your gizmos, make Kanye inordinately envious

Before you get all "Oh, that comment was so heartless" on us, we will say that the spectacles you're peeping above are still a concept for now, though we wouldn't be surprised at all to hear that Kanye himself eventually funds their commercialization. At any rate, designers Hyun-Joong Kim and Kwang-Seok Jeong should be mighty proud of their concoction, which integrates dye solar cells into fashion-forward sunglasses in order to power your pocketable gadgets. Put simply, the SIG (Self-Energy Converting Sunglasses) convert the sunlight that they'll obviously see into usable energy, though it should be understood that these could give the impression that you're rockin' a head-mounted display. And we wouldn't want that, now would we?

[Via Engadget Polska]

[Giga @ Dec 27th 2008 9:54PM]

Makes you look ridiculous? Check.

[Flashpoint @ Dec 27th 2008 11:45PM]

who designed these? Marvel or D.C.?

[Knee to the Groin @ Dec 28th 2008 2:07AM]

Doc: What seems to be the problem?
Me: I'm completely blind!
Doc: What happened?
Me: My iPod ran out of juice...
Doc: !?
Me: (Pulls out sunglasses)
Doc: (Facepalm)

[Ayman @ Dec 28th 2008 4:18AM]

Agreed, they should just patent the device and give it to sunglasses manufacturers

Note. till now there is no wearable device that succeeded in the industry... i don't think this would make any difference

[heffeque @ Dec 28th 2008 11:17PM]

Well... those glasses' design would actually be pretty "in" down in Europe, or at least in southern Europe (Italy, Spain, etc).

[The Joker @ Dec 27th 2008 9:55PM]

Lenny Kravitz, Bono, Superfly, Infinity Man ... the market for these is virtually unlimited!

[jupiterthunder @ Dec 27th 2008 11:58PM]

Don't forget Mary J. Blige. She'd be in for these in every color.

[Samboini @ Dec 28th 2008 10:28AM]

Stevie Wonder people!

[thedesolate1 @ Dec 29th 2008 12:25AM]

You forgot Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.

[bighap @ Dec 27th 2008 9:58PM]

Now YOU can look like Elton John.

[Pokoleo @ Dec 29th 2008 12:18AM]

In any colour!!

[Hackettman @ Dec 27th 2008 10:00PM]

Just one more way to make you look like a douchebag..... If its that important to get that small amount of juice out of your electronics then you need to get a life.......

[AVG @ Dec 27th 2008 10:00PM]

Whenever someone mentions Kanye, my douche-dar goes off and I can't focus for a good 30 seconds without raging.

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=216194_-1__0_~0_-1_12_2008_0_0

[Waune @ Dec 27th 2008 10:22PM]

You refer to Kanye as if he were Solider Boy, Kanye makes great music not bullshit.

[drumdbeat @ Dec 27th 2008 10:24PM]

I hope you name isn't Wayne... Because that would be the biggest fail I have seen on the internets for some time.

[Waune @ Dec 27th 2008 10:28PM]

No, but my twin brother name is Wayne. My name is pronounce Juan, just spelled different.

[drumdbeat @ Dec 27th 2008 11:05PM]

Oh.... Good.

[AVG @ Dec 28th 2008 12:58AM]

How in the hell does "JUAN" come from "Waune?" You can only stretch letters so far before they break.

[Eric @ Dec 28th 2008 3:05AM]

Its Spanish. The J is pronounced with a W sound. Waune is the literal sense of it.

But who cares? Kayne is still a douche.

[BIg Boy @ Dec 28th 2008 4:05AM]

If Kanye was a Rock Star or a Pop star it would be ok but he's a hip-hop artist that isn't talking about killing another rapper so he's a douche? I'll admit he needs to step back and check his morals but for anyone to say that his mother is to blame is a a$$! Is your mother to blame for you jacking off to porn? Last comment directed toward High ranks made me sterile :(. I'm not defending what Kanye did but I will admit he would be the first rockin these glasses.

[FILA @ Dec 27th 2008 10:03PM]

now this is a good idea. with a little more work on design and doing something about a big ass cord wraped around your neck, this is a good idea to absorb all the energy you can get instead of using electric.

[jupiterthunder @ Dec 27th 2008 11:59PM]

The cord is so you can hang yourself when you see how stupid you look.

[Arkenklo @ Dec 28th 2008 4:01PM]

It has to be a pain in the butt that you can't move you mp3-player more then 30 cm away from you head.

[tbone @ Dec 27th 2008 10:05PM]

nah, i'd rather get a solar backpack

[empty @ Dec 27th 2008 10:25PM]

working on it, but you still can't trust solar to give you constant power for the speaker so there is a shortfall... less the better imo..

add a pair of solar glasses, solar pants.. you're* rollin

[Angela @ Dec 27th 2008 11:23PM]

A solar backpack? LOL



Angela from Aberdeen

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[Sisyphus @ Dec 27th 2008 10:09PM]

BBC News: March 21st, 2011:

London, UK: Statistics from the London Metropolitan Police Department have revealed that incidents involving citizens walking directly into lamp and other signposts have increased by 3500% just this year.

In addition to the usual problem of pedestrians walking into posts while talking or texting on mobile devices, people are looking directly up into the midday sun just to power their full-HD phone displays. Officials claim that this only exacerbates the problem, adding that "it is very difficult to watch episodes of 'Who's the Boss?' while also looking directly into the sun."

[Tom Gabriele @ Dec 27th 2008 10:24PM]

SIG = Self-Energy Converting Sunglasses

erm...huh?

[drumdbeat @ Dec 27th 2008 10:26PM]

Agreed.

[Jinto @ Dec 27th 2008 11:34PM]

From translating it maybe?

[sitruc @ Dec 28th 2008 12:13PM]

Self-Energy Converting Sunglasse = NAMBLA?

[a @ Dec 27th 2008 10:27PM]

I lol'd when i see the pic.

[grifmx @ Dec 27th 2008 10:31PM]

is that a man or a woman?

and does the carpet hair come attached to the glasses?

[Garst @ Dec 28th 2008 3:58AM]

I can't tell either. The hair suggests man. But the lips and what resemble really small boob says woman. Although, a man can have even bigger boobs than that.

[SummerBoy @ Dec 27th 2008 10:37PM]

Asian with white electric geek glasses..pretty interesting..

[Str1ker @ Dec 27th 2008 11:04PM]

I prefer it on a shirt. You can have like a small square solar-panel patch at the back of the shirt below the neck area...it's perfect!

[showtime @ Dec 27th 2008 11:15PM]

y dont we just make a solar powered ipod O_o

[Patriks7 @ Dec 28th 2008 2:26AM]

I don't know about you, but many people (including myself) keep their iPod in their pocket..

[HolyCrap @ Dec 27th 2008 11:38PM]

So by design, it's optimal output is when the wearing is looking into the sun? Sweet.

[Sonnydeejay @ Dec 27th 2008 11:56PM]

looks good

[poematik14 @ Dec 27th 2008 11:56PM]

GOT MAH STUNNA SHADEZ ON BUT THEM PLAYAS BE FRONTIN

[CleverEndeavor @ Dec 28th 2008 1:03AM]

that wouldnt be very useful in cloudy places like maryland and maine. it could be useful in arizona tho..

[Bad Cyborg @ Dec 28th 2008 1:09AM]

Why does the Azn tranny punches his/her own chin while tripping on ecstasy and listening to boom noise they mistake for music?

[Tonio @ Dec 28th 2008 1:11AM]

Boy, I had one look at their "solar energy world" and "oil world" and I am convinced this will save the planet!

[superhobo @ Dec 28th 2008 1:12AM]

You can see forever with those infinity shades

[kingu @ Dec 28th 2008 1:27AM]

There is a market for this: People that stare into the sun.

[hilfog @ Dec 28th 2008 2:05AM]

Wow, that looks uncomfortable... =S

[yoyoma @ Dec 28th 2008 2:26AM]

All the negative comments are why geeks (as fantastic as they (we) are) could never push the envelope stylistically like some can).
if there weren't these kinda people with the balls to put stuff like this on no one would look like the dorky hipster people you all are. without people like this the uber geek would not exist and he and she would still look like gates did in his early years.

p.s. p.s. Kanye is ok at best.

[Andy @ Dec 28th 2008 2:40AM]

I didn't understand what SIG was.... Self-Energy Converting Sunglasses would make.... SECS or SCS. lol

[HyperHacker @ Dec 28th 2008 3:43AM]

If it were written in English, yes.