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# Shama Shades
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/shama-shades/
- Published: 2013-12-01T11:26:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:00:23.000Z
- Description: Charge your phone on the go with the help of some smart shades that double as solar powered batteries
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Fashion, Technology, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25, #author-change-2025-05-28

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Now there are sunglasses that do more with sunlight than simply protect you from it. The idea of the Shama Shades was developed by Mumbai designer [Sayalee Kaluskar](http://sayaleekaluskar.com/?ref=protein.xyz) in collaboration with Ray-Ban to help you get more out of your shades. The design is in keeping with the sleek Ray-Ban Wayfarer model, however what makes it interesting is that there are photovoltaic cells, like those used in solar panels, embedded in the material. These are wired into a battery hidden inside the plastic structure of the sunglasses' arm, making it minimally invasive aesthetically, but capable of stroing energy all day. The arm detaches from the frame revealing a microUSB that plugs into an iPhone 5, meaning you can charge it on the go.  
  
Sayalee Kaluskar came up with this idea for a project for Miami Ad School and Ray-Ban decided to back it because, as they say, “nothing is cooler than Ray-Bans on a sunny day and nothing is worse than a dead phone at night!”.

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