With the growth of solar textiles, awareness has grown as well. These practical garments can be useful to more then just the trendy consumer. Addressing this issue, a team at KVA MATx under the lead of Sheila Kennedy , Principal at KVA MATx has developed a concept using textiles with integrated flexible solar panels to convert sunlight into electrical energy, providing a completely self-contained source of renewable power and light, the Portable Light.
These flexible solar panels are easily integrable into daily use items. The down fall is the cost. While initially a flashlight and batteries would be cheaper, in the long run, renewable would prevail. A solar oortable light bag would be a practical solution to the less fortunate out there.
