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Quirky Mantis is a clip on task light for lots of tasks

, Feb 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

Quirky comes up with some strange crowd-sourced product designs, but they are almost always cool products. The latest cool and odd product to come from Quirky is the Mantis task light. The little light has a clip on design that allows it to be used on your desktop LCD, notebook screen, and as a freestanding light for other needs. Read The Full Story

Verbatim color-tunable OLED lighting debuts

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [4]

Generally when we are talking about Verbatim we are talking about something along the lines of flash drives and media sharing gear for computers like the MediaShare Mini from last November. Verbatim has announced a product that it made in conjunction with Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co that is nothing like the other products we know Verbatim for. Read The Full Story

Pure Sun Uses Sun’s Rays to Provide Green Light

, Jan 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

The light itself isn't the color green, but it's certainly less likely to put you in the poorhouse via electricity bills. This is the Pure Sun lamp designed by Denmark-based Igland Design who've billed this object as "a table that doubles as a light source, using only the sun. Well wait a second, couldn't I just open a window? Yes you do have to open a window. Isn't the room then already light? Not if you've got a small window. This seems difficult. It is! Read The Full Story

Stop light concept combines hourglass with normal lights

, Nov 18th 2010 Discuss [25]

I have noticed a few high traffic stop signals in some cities have little clocks above them that show when they will turn yellow or red to warn drivers. I also noticed that some drivers use that clock to floor it and go through the intersection. A new concept traffic signal is sort of like that clock on the normal signal with a twist. Read The Full Story

Pumpkin Carving with a 70 LED Matrix

, Oct 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Installed in this particular jack-o-lantern is a 5x14 matrix of light-emitting diodes, spaced apart by printing out a grid on paper, taping it to the pumpkin, and drilling 70 holes into its face. The creator of this magical mystery machine says the hardest part of the whole process was inserting all the lights into the pumpkin through the back -- imagine having to line up 70 points when they're not all held tight to the board. Hardness. At the moment, the pumpkin scrolls the message HAPPY HALLOWEEN. Read The Full Story

Light Frequency Fingertips Put Music at Your Fingertips

, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

As far as concepts go, this one's pretty impressive. It's called the Light Frequency Fingertips, and it gives those who put on the little pieces of tech on their fingers the ability to create music using nothing but pure photons. Designed by Austria-based Robert Mathy, the fingertip caps might just be enough to bring a whole new wave to the music industry. Read The Full Story

The Most Talented Light charges your notebook and lights your desk

, May 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Desk lamps have been around as long as there have been desks. They may have started as oil lamps or candles, but eventually they went to light bulbs and today many of them use LEDs for their energy savings. A new desk lamp has debuted called "The Most Talented Light" or tLight for short. Read The Full Story
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