Paul Villinski’s Emergency Response Studio is a solar-powered trailer that is designed to be used as a mobile studio. The trailer that formed the basis for the design was salvaged and it was built with the intention of allowing artists to quickly establish themselves in post-disaster areas so that they can start creating - because you know that people need freshly-produced modern art like they need food or water.

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Clothing with solar panels in it has always looked way too geeky to attract much interest, but when you throw Ermenegildo Zegna into the mix, things do get a little more interesting. This Zegna solar-power ski jacket features solar panels that have been discretely incorporated, allowing wearers to charge up their portable devices while they are on the slopes (hopefully they don’t suck at skiing, crash and bust up their precious devices in the process).

Price: $1350 (oh well). [Affluent Page via Born Rich]

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Yes, that is a camel with solar panels mounted on its back. I could let you guess what they are for, but I won’t. The solar cells power a small refrigerator, which allows them to deliver heat-sensitive vaccines to remote health centers that serve nomadic communities in Africa. When refrigeration is not needed, the solar system provides lighting at the clinic. To back up the solar system, for the rare times that the sun is not shining in the desert, there is also a foot-powered generator. [Tree Hugger via MAKE]

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Despite its apparent fragility, the solar-powered Zephyr has set a new record for unmanned flight and managed to stay aloft for a total time of 83 hours and 37 minutes (not too far south of four days). The Zephyr makes use of solar panels which power and lithium-sulfur batteries to allow 24 hour flight.

Of course, this thing has military applications, the plan is to use them as a surveillance platform, with the military hoping for indefinite flight. [Associated Press via DVICE]

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When 23-year-old Nicole Kuepper, a PhD student at the University of New South Wales in Australia, Macguyvered up a system to create solar panels out of a process involving a pizza oven, nail polish and an ink jet printer, it could have been described as a Eureka moment, it would later gain her a prestigious Eureka prize. The iJet process could be a means to take make solar power cheap enough for people in developing countries to afford.

More details when they become available. [The Australian via Tree Hugger, DVICE]

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