A smart bench "Soofa" that can generate smart light with smartphones charging in the streets

Smartphones and mobile phones that seem to be indispensable to life are also many, but it is an unnecessary long thing if the essential battery is gone, and it is an unnecessary long thing that is not to be said about not being connected to the net . Although it is effective to carry a mobile battery so that it can be recharged at any time, a smart bench that can store smartphones from the USB port as needed by storing photovoltaic electricity in Boston,Soofa"Is going to be set up.

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I developed this rechargeable bench "Soofa"MIT Media LabStartup company spun out from, was launched by three womenChanging Environmentsis. "What matters is that we are a very rare entity," a woman in the world of hardware ", that Richter says that women can also make such an attempt and launch a start-up company I want the girl to see it and I want to encourage him. "


At the same time, Mr. Richter said, "Since we are constantly running around with one hand of a smartphone, it is important that it is important that the people are always connected with the battery in full condition." Based on the contemporary peculiar situation, "For the sake of our generation, I wanted to update the city contemporaneously," he talks about the purpose of developing Soofa.


Soofa has built-in noise sensor and atmospheric sensor, and constantly monitors the surrounding situation. The obtained information isSoofa.coIt is reflected on the map displayed on the screen, it is possible to check the weather around the bench, the temperature, the noise level, the clean level of the air, and of course the availability of the charging port.

Anyone living in Boston can charge free using Soofa for free, and you can see how each bench is being used at the above site as well.


Currently, in order to use Soofa, you need to bring a charging cable by yourself, but from now onQiWe are also considering compliance with wireless power supply like Qi. When this is realized, it is expected that full-scale usage will be realized like a "rush hour temple" when the battery is about to run out.

Soofa's price is 3000 dollars (about 300,000 yen) per unit, and the product has a 25-year product warranty by Changing Environments. The company expects that it will be introduced to each local government as sustainable energy supply method and monitoring performance of air condition condition are evaluated. The company is considering setting up a charging bench "Soofa" other than in Boston, and we are already negotiating with San Jose, California, and New York.

In addition, at the company Soofa is not just a "smart bench", a cold water machine that provides cold drinking water to citizens, a place where people who came to town newly dissolve in the community, a place to melt into the community, We are expecting a role as a meeting place for. To that end, each Soofa has its own name, and it is supposed to be used like "Let's meet in LISA".


Official siteSo, we are looking for the name of Soofa to be installed in the future. It is possible to enter by entering the mail address, the name he thought, and the reason in the form.


In addition, requests for installing Soofa are also being accepted within the site.