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ITEM [via Textually]: Writer Adrienne So investigates the scientific possibilities behind developing a bra that can transform the kinetic energy of breast motion into electrical power to keep yr iPod fully charged.

No, really.

How, you ask? Witness the awesome power of science:

Lawson explained that breasts move on three different axes: from side to side, front to back, and up and down. The most motion is generated on the vertical axis. Naturally, the bigger the breast, the more momentum it generates.

"Let's face it—if you're a double-A marathoner, you're probably not going to get that iPod up and running," Lawson said.

Measurements compiled by Lawson and her colleagues show that a D-cup in a low-support bra can travel as much as 35 inches up and down (35 inches!) during exercise, while a B-cup in a high-support bra barely moves an inch.

It is educational, yes?

So’s verdict: thanks to advances in sensor technology that can convert body motion into energy, her idea is technologically possible, though the resulting bra may not be comfortable, or machine washable. Which means, of course, that inevitably, someone’s going to invent one.

It’ll probably be Triumph.

PRODUCTION NOTE: Pictured bra courtesy of the fine folks at Enlighted, purveyor of bras with lights installed in them. For illustrative purposes only.

Now yr playing with power,

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