14 DAY TRIAL // All of us enjoy at least a couple of hours in front of our TV sets and sometimes we even choose to stay indoors rather than traveling, visiting our friends or just having a great time outdoors.
Soon enough we will be able to carry around our own LED television attached to high-tech vests, due to an unbelievable invention developed by David Forbe, a creative engineer, Digital Trends informs.
Forbe started performing tests three years ago, inspired by the idea of a new generation of portable televisions. At first, the enormous weight of his prototype, up 50-pounds, made it a burden for our backs, therefore hard to implement.
The first product conceived by the creative engineer was far from providing satisfactory results, because of its all-red screen.
Even under these circumstances, Forbe has continued his research and now he is finally ready to showcase the new prototype, weighting just eight pounds and revealing a magnificent 160-by-120-pixel display.
At this point in time, he is pleased with the new high-tech outfit manufactured using a thin board made with 30 rows counting four LEDs each.
Because he didn't want to keep the improvements to himself, he decided to collaborate with a circuit-board manufacturer to come up with 175 more.
His amazing jacket receives images from an iPod Classic linked to a circuit board powered by two lithium-polymer batteries, strategically placed in each pocket.
Since the coat was difficult to wear at the beginning, because of the weight of the batteries powering the system, Forbe purchased a series of cost-effective lithium-polymer batteries that can power the portable TV for almost an hour.
Apart from being an original concept, the wearable TV could be much more energy-efficient than the ancient television sets from our households.
After getting bored with the coat, he decided to convert it into two magnificent vests, sharing the same technical details. Every vest displays 4,000 green, red and blue LEDs.
It took him 6 months to accomplish his goal and so far he has spent approximately $20,000 (€15,548). Due to his contribution, TV vests and coasts could determine us to get out of the house more often and save some energy at the same time.