Solar beach umbrella cools you … and your gelato

An MIT-spawned company has teamed up with architects and an Italian frozen-desserts brand to design an origami-inspired umbrella to power fridges.From pv magazine USA A fold-out solar umbrella design that was inspired by NASA spacecraft and origami could bring clean energy to beachfront resorts this summer and beyond. The "Parelio for Sammontana" design is a collaboration between innovation company Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA), architect Italo Rota, and gelato-maker Sammontana. The fold-out array is meant to be deployed in the sun, shading beachgoers and generating PV energy that feeds attachable ...

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