Tag: Lighting
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Ikea Light Collection Powered By Sun And Wind
The new lamps offered by Ikea profess the company's support for clean energy, and use renewable resources to light up your backyard.
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Award-Winning Lamp Eliminates Need for Direct Sunlight
The "Daylight" lamp won a Red Dot Design award for the way it amplifies ambient light.
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Why Are We Putting 21st Century Light Bulbs in 19th Century Sockets?
Christopher Mims looks at the issue of "Path Dependence and the Stupidity of LED Light Bulbs"
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Owl Smartlight Lets You Adjust Everything From Intensity to Color Temperature
Fishtnk designs a lamp that you control with your smartphone or tablet.
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Jake Dyson's LED Desk Lamp WIll Light Up Longer Than You Will
Heat kills LEDs. The CSYS light has a heat pipe system to carry it away, and is estimated to burn for 37 years.
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Interactive Solar Art Lights Up New Sydney Space
The world’s largest permanent interactive light installation has been installed in Sydney's recently revitalized Darling Quarter.
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LED Bulb Cools Off by Breathing
GE has introduced a 100-watt equivalent LED bulb that keeps cool with "breathing" technology. The breakthrough allows the bulb to be the first 100-watt replacement to fit household fixtures.
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10 Online Stores for All Your Green Product Shopping
From gardening supplies and baby toys to pet products and eco-furniture, check these sustainable online shops before you hit the streets.
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100,000 Solar Charged LEDs Mimic Floating Fireflies in Tokyo Festival
A floating parade of LEDs designed to look like fireflies hit Tokyo this weekend, but raises the question of e-waste.
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Just What We Needed Dept: A Concrete Chandelier
Filled with seven incandescent bulbs, it's slogan should be "It's not a light, it's a heater!"
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Reviving Rivers And Weaving Traditions In Nigeria
The generations-old art of weaving is dying off in th town of Angiama. So are the area's rivers and streams, which have become choked with invasive water hyacinth. But Nigerian industrial designer Alafuro Sikoki has a plan to help resuscitate them both.
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Finally, LED fixtures that combine good looks and performance.
Using cooling fins as a decorative feature instead of a technical necessity.
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Bicycle Helmet Is Like "A Lighthouse For Your Head"
I am tired of little useless bike lights with dead batteries. The Torch T1 is seriously in every drivers' face.
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Incredible OLED Lighting Installations by Philips Shows Off First "Functional Lighting"
OLED technology is starting to shine in lighting designs, and this installation shows that it might turn up in homes relatively soon.
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3D Printed Lamp Doubles as Wind Turbine, Powers Itself
How clever is this? Spinning in the wind runs a generator that charges the lamp.
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How to Make a Steampunk Solar Nightlight
This DIY project lets you build your own rechargeable solar nightlight, with some steampunk flair.
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Castor Design Recycles Old Bank Marble Into New Deadstock Line
The Canadian designers are old pros at mixing humour and style.
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Hot or Not: Lamps Made Of OSB (Survey)
We love designs that use simple, basic materials. But can you be too simple and basic?
