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This bikini is more than just high fashion. With solar-panels covering the suit, this bikini is able to charge your electronics at the beach!

Learn more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/-solar-powered-bikini-electronics_n_911172.html#s316962

This is the largest solar-powered boat out there, and it sailed all the way around the world (and hosted concerts and light shows too)!

Learn more at: http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/02/planetsolar-largest-solar-powered-boat-to-complete-round-the-world-journey-on-friday/

This LCD TV screen is powered by the ambient light in the room and allows objects behind the screen to be visible.

Learn more at: http://inhabitat.com/samsung-unveils-solar-powered-zero-energy-transparent-tv/

This solar-powered plane flew for 19 hours, day and night, and made it from Spain to Morocco.

Learn more at: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2012/06/solar-powered-plane-makes-first-intercontinental-flight/1#.T-EDe7X2bII

Solar power isn’t only for the elite… this HUGE solar-powered Laundromat serves low-income people in a suburb of Chicago.

Learn more at:   http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-07-30-solar-laundromat_x.htm

An Italian industrial designer is planning half-floating/half-submerged hotels powered by solar energy.

Learn more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/floating-solar-powered-hotel_n_1589227.html?ir=Green

Sol Cinema, in the UK, is a solar-powered miniature movie theater.

Learn more at: http://gizmodo.com/5710366/the-worlds-smallest-solar+powered-movie-theater