No longer should we have to beg a block's worth of bartenders to let us charge our dead phones. What if USB outlets were treated like public property instead?

Thanks to a trio of hardware designers and engineers who generated the idea at the MIT Media lab, Boston is now turning to cute benches that can charge mobile devices. With 10 already installed in parks across the city in a pilot project, the solar-powered "Soofas" mark a new milestone in smart urban furniture.

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http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032628/boston-is-getting-solar-powered-park-benches-that-charge-your-devices