Ok ladies, it's time you started putting the girls to work for the greater good....

[Wheezer]

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As a woman who loves sports, I've always found the concept of breasts bothersome. If all goes according to plan, they will fulfill their intended function for about three of the 70 years that I have them. The rest of the time, they alternate between getting in my way and embarrassing me. They are a favorite target of Frisbees and soccer balls. Finding sports bras is a chore. Shirts don't fit.

And these are just the physical discomforts. I am still tortured by the memory of three cousins standing in a circle around me, at the impressionable age of 10, mocking my early development and telling me that I was going to be the Asian Dolly Parton. Fortunately, that never happened, but the possibility haunted my late childhood.

Then one day recently I had an idea. As I rode public transportation to the office, my messenger bag slung uncomfortably across my chest, I thought, "Why not put the girls to work?" Human-powered devices are showing up everywhere, from Rotterdam's sustainable dance floor to human-powered gyms in Hong Kong. The time seemed perfect?perhaps even overdue!?for a bra that could harness the untapped power of breast motion.

The idea of an energy-generating bra isn't as crazy as it might sound. A company called Triumph International Japan recently unveiled a solar-powered bra that supposedly will generate enough energy to power an iPod. But I live in foggy San Francisco and prefer not to walk around in my underwear in public. Could someone design an iPod-powering bra for me?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

The motion of boobies has been powering erections for millenia...

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

This needs real demonstration...

 

[manlymatt83]

:thumbsup:

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I volunteer to put the boobies in motion...

edit: I don't care if it saves the world or not... I just like volunteering... for putting boobies in motion. And soup lines. I like soup. Not as much as I like putting boobies in motion though. But soup's good... for the energy needed to put boobies in motion. Maybe a nice stew...

Mmmm... boobies.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

What no pictures?

BAN...

Lulz @ whoozyerdaddy

 

[skace]

So does this lady want me to invent an ipod that I can use that runs off her breasts? So she is willing to jog in place in my office while I use this ipod? Awfully nice of her.

 

[HannibalX]

Dumbest fucking thing I have ever read.

 

[seemingly random]

I can just imagine a mother trying to explain this to her pubescent daughter.

"Now honey, when your breasts start getting bigger, we'll get you fitted for a bra to power all of your electronic gadgets."

 

[PricklyPete]

These should do the trick....

lots of action

NSFW

 

[PricklyPete]

or...maybe these jubilees...

power captured

Again...NSFW...if it wasn't obvious...

 

[dennilfloss]

If you put Dolly Parton on a mechanical bull, would you get more energy out of the system than what you put in to power the bull?

 

[Steve]

I wonder if there'd be enough to run a motorboat...

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: Steve
I wonder if there'd be enough to run a motorboat...

:laugh: :thumbsup:

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20177/
A team of engineers has developed a modified knee brace that captures energy that would otherwise have been lost while the wearer walks. The generator produces about five watts--enough to power 10 cell phones simultaneously.


not as sexy

 

[ShockwaveVT]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
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As a woman who loves sports, I've always found the concept of breasts bothersome. If all goes according to plan, they will fulfill their intended function for about three of the 70 years that I have them. The rest of the time, they alternate between getting in my way and embarrassing me.

She must not get laid much... every chick I dated or discussed the topic with has indicated that their boobies are the source of much enjoyment.

Yep I said boobies.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Only in Japan....haha

 

[Sumguy]

Just think of all the power than could be harnessed!

Edit: Yes, obviously NSFW

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I volunteer to put the boobies in motion...

edit: I don't care if it saves the world or not... I just like volunteering... for putting boobies in motion. And soup lines. I like soup. Not as much as I like putting boobies in motion though. But soup's good... for the energy needed to put boobies in motion. Maybe a nice stew...

Mmmm... boobies.

I learned at an early age to NEVER volunteer for anything...but I might make an exception for a project with such wide-reaching implications as this. Not only would I be willing to help put said boobies in motion, I'd probably even be willing to massage them after a hard days's work...

 

[oddyager]

"Definitely," Wang said.

I asked Wang if this bra would be machine-washable.

"You don't need to wash a bra!" he said.

 

[Queasy]

I've always found the concept of breasts bothersome. If all goes according to plan, they will fulfill their intended function for about three of the 70 years that I have them.

I strongly disagree with this remark.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Wheezer

telling me that I was going to be the Asian Dolly Parton.

I'll admit it... I got a bit steef at that one.

Maybe if she was the Azn Dolly Parton! I'd be a bit more willing to help the cause .

 

[911paramedic]

This would have to be a "hands on" type of job.

 

[sdifox]

wait, solar powered bra? what the hell is the power for?

 

[Billb2]

So that's what a wireless bra is