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\"Soofa\"
Solar Powered Charging Device in Park Benches<\/figcaption><\/figure>In a first-of-its-kind rollout, Boston is now experimenting with a new form of mobile experience: a dozen solar-powered park benches placed in select parks, playgrounds and sports fields throughout the city. By converting this solar power into electricity, these \u201cSoofas\u201d offer charging capabilities for multiple digital device owners, making them a social experience for mobile users as much as a technological experience.<\/p>\n

This \u201csmart urban furniture\u201d idea, which originally started as a project by the MIT Media Lab before being spun off as the company Changing Environments, is so creative that it was even featured at this year’s White House Maker Faire in June.<\/p>\n

Eventually, say the three co-founders of Changing Environments, the plan is to expand the network of Soofas to build a smart energy infrastructure that collects urban data and informs citizens and city planners about everything from air quality to noise level by connecting to the Internet.<\/p>\n

In a statement about the launch of Soofas, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh pointed to the potential of smart benches for Boston: \u201cYour cell phone doesn’t just make phone calls, why should our benches just be seats?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Soofa can be bolted into concrete or asphalt with four anchors or be free-standing. Delivered in three cartons and is easily assembled within 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

See more:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.soofa.co\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a first-of-its-kind rollout, Boston is now experimenting with a new form of mobile experience: a dozen solar-powered park benches placed in select parks, playgrounds and sports fields throughout the city. By converting this solar power into electricity, these \u201cSoofas\u201d offer charging capabilities for multiple digital device owners, making them a social experience for mobile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,97,108],"class_list":{"0":"post-46","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-solar","7":"tag-benches","8":"tag-solar","9":"tag-soofa","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/author\/alan\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HvVd-K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":579,"url":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/portable-solar-power-kits-for-entrepreneurs\/","url_meta":{"origin":46,"position":0},"title":"Portable Solar Power Kits for Entrepreneurs","author":"Alan","date":"5 May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Community Chest Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Davids announced that portable solar powered EcoBoxx Entrepreneur Kits will be used to help entrepreneurs in townships and rural areas power their homes and businesses. 963 candidates from the larger Cape Town area will benefit from this project and will be equipped with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Solar"","block_context":{"text":"Solar","link":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/category\/solar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2733,"url":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/umbrella-solar-charger-one-way-to-sell-more-product\/","url_meta":{"origin":46,"position":1},"title":"Umbrella Solar Charger – One way to sell more product","author":"Alan","date":"28 December 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Pubs and Restaurants are continually looking for new ways to keep customers on their premises for as long as possible and one way is to offer charging stations for their devices. 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