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Death Star Planetarium puts you in a galaxy far, far away

, Sep 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Perhaps we're just still on a Star Wars high after the Verizon DROID R2-D2 by Motorola dropped on our desk yesterday, but we're eyeing up this Death Star Planetarium and - against our better judgement - wondering if we should pick one up.  The compact ball is decorated to look like the Empire's planet destroyer, but actually creates a map of the heavens - either real or according to George Lucas' imagination - on your ceiling. Read The Full Story

LED networking research shows flashes of brilliance

, May 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

Chinese researchers are looking to use flickering LEDs to replace traditional short-distance wireless networking standards, and that could be integrated into office or home lighting.  By rapidly pulsing the LEDs, the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute for the Study of Semiconductor have come up with the Lighting Information Network, consisting of blue LEDs capable of 2Mbps transfer speeds. Read The Full Story

Home Depot offers EcoSmart LED light bulbs

, May 11th 2010 Discuss [1]

Going green in your home can be easier than you think. One of the places that you can start is with the lighting around the house. Those old-fashioned incandescent bulbs not only burn out quickly, but they use lots of electricity as well. Read The Full Story

iPad takes on Philips LivingColors for mood lighting crown [Video]

, May 7th 2010 Discuss [1]

Chalk up another success to the iPad: while pundits are busy asking whether the Apple tablet is a "netbook killer", it's quietly taking on Philips' LivingColors LED lamps instead.  Dofl Yun had to choose between the LEDs or an iPad, and plumped for the latter, whipping up a custom lighting system that's apparently as alluring as catnip to his feline friend. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

DIY LED stair lighting system gets video demo

, Apr 5th 2010 Discuss [2]

Motion-triggered lighting isn't new, but nor is it generally aesthetically pleasing; if I were Edo Kreigsmann I think I'd be running up and down the stairs all night.  His DIY LED lighting system doesn't just turn on the lights when it spots you going up or downstairs; instead it progressively illuminates them, as if you're in a bubble of light that follows you up or down. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Gear4 SoundOrb Aurora Review

, Mar 18th 2010 Discuss [1]

If you want to stand out in the increasingly crowded iPod speaker-dock market, you need a gimmick. That might be superlative audio quality, extreme design or some other sort of novelty; in Gear4′s case, they’ve given the SoundOrb Aurora two claims to fame. Not only does it come with a wireless subwoofer, the sub actually lights up in a variety of different colors. So, enough to catch your attention, but does the Gear4 SoundOrb Aurora do enough to warrant a lasting place in your living room? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Lumiotec ships OLED light dev kit

, Feb 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

One day we will break free of the dastardly incandescent light bulb and its tendency to suck down lots of power. You can get LED and fluorescent light bulbs today but they tend to be expensive and produce an odd color light that most of us don't like. OLED technology has shown promise for lighting and a company called Lumiotec is now shipping an OLED light development kit in Japan. Read The Full Story

d°light Bubbles – Squeezable LED lights

, Feb 2nd 2010 Discuss [1]

LED lights are usually pretty straightforward things, apart from the technologic “cool” factor.  But these d-light Bubbles are anything but straightforward, at least when you try to squeeze them.  Yes, they’re squeezable. Read The Full Story

Philips LivingColors Gen.2 LED lamp review

, Feb 1st 2010 Discuss [3]

Home lighting isn’t something you’ll regularly find on the SlashGear frontpage, but when that lighting is capable of thousands of colors and comes with a remote control, that’s when the geeks start paying attention. Philips’ LivingColors range has been around for a few years now, but the Generation 2 models promise 50-percent more light for an altogether more usable lamp. Check out our full review plus a video demo after the cut.

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Philips Lumiblade OLED lighting concepts get demo’d [Video]

, Sep 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Philips have been showing off their latest efforts in OLED lighting at the "100% Design Fair" in London recently, and while they're still concepts we're hoping someone at the company realizes that there's likely a paying audience out there somewhere - at the very least the Mathmos-loving crowd - and decides to, you know, release some of the darned things.  The Philips Lumiblade concepts [pdf link] range from home to commercial in their application, but all promise low power consumption. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Project TOPLESS demo OLED desk lamp [Video]

, Aug 7th 2009 Discuss [0]

When you call your OLED lighting system "Project TOPLESS" we can't help but think some people might get the wrong idea.  Still, it hasn't stopped that self-same team from developing their latest desk lamp prototype, five pure-white 2-inch OLED panels on an adjustable arm. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Eyelight Dot Me watches from your ceiling [Video]

, Jun 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Paranoiacs and the easily intimidated, look away now; the Eyelight Dot Me may just be a lighting prototype now, but one day it could be following you around your home.  Designed by Simon Schiessl and Felix Hardwood Beck, the light uses an array of LEDs to create a moving eye suspended from your ceiling; if it spots movement, it spotlights that person in a cone of bright light. Video demo of the Eyelight prototype after the cut Read The Full Story
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