We’ve all heard about smartphones. Now there are smart benches.
That is the idea behind a new Boston initiative which will bring “Soofas,” solar-powered benches, to the city.
The benches, to be located in various parks, will allow residents to take a load off their feet — while plugging in and recharging their cellphones.
“Your cellphone doesn’t just make phone calls, why should our benches just be seats?” Mayor Martin J. Walsh said in a statement Friday.
The high-tech benches were invented by MIT Media Lab spinoff Changing Environments, a Verizon Innovation Program.
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