Carrying too much electronics in your pockets? Do your batteries freeze up on you in the winter and you keep them charged? Well a new innovation that is bound to make your life easier is hitting the streets just in time for the next ski season.
A new ski jacket incorporating discreet solar panels in the collar is due to be launched by Zegna this winter. Designed by Ermenegildo Zegna, the jacket should be able to charge “just about anything” in five hours, with mobile phone and iPod users a key market. Due to be released in November, prices are likely to range from $750 to $1000 (US) (£375 to £500).