A smart city bench that charges small devices from the sun

03/10/2021 | Print view

Sensors track temperature, humidity, pressure - and can even track how many people have sat on the bench, how long they stayed or whether they charged their devices. - © include — © include

Sensors track temperature, humidity, pressure - and can even track how many people have sat on the bench, how long they stayed or whether they charged their devices.

With futuristic looks, include’s Steora City bench has a number of environmental sensors, Qi and USB device charges and provides ambient light. Can also be upgraded for various other smart applications.

The seat of the Steora City bench hides vandal proof polycarbonate solar panels that feed an intelligent Li-ion battery pack able to track the weather. AI spreads the collected electricity over time to serve more users.

The bottom of the seat houses LED strips controlled by an ambient light sensor that tracks natural lighting conditions and turns on automatically, but the light can also be set to come on at a time to be determined using Solos dashboard.

Sensors in the City bench track temperature, humidity, pressure - it can even count how many people have sat on it, how long they stayed or whether they charged their devices over USB or Qi fast adaptive chargers.

The City bench can be hybrid or grid powered in sun-poor environments, allowing it to be equipped with a 19” LCD display at the base for OOH advertising, public service announcements and an AI camera gathering pedestrian info. (mfo)