VEIL Solar Shade
May 10 2008, Jayaprashanth

Australian design firm Buro North has teamed up with Victorian Eco Innovation Lab to come up with this smart looking solar shelter called the VEIL Solar Shade. The VEIL is one big solar panel which looks like a king cobra’s hood and is made up of...

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