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Coin Lamp Has an Inevitable Future Date With a Hammer
Posted by Jack Loftus at 4:30 AM on September 29, 2008
Coin Lamp has its heart in the right place, but I'm afraid the inevitable path that each of these concept lamps will take, given enough time, is into a garbage can. In pieces. Because your retirement fund will tank, you'll get desperate, and you will need the $US2.35 in change this simple little lamp contains something fierce. So, it will be Coin Lamp meet hammer, and then you can afford your small latte at the expense of not being able to see that night. Kudos to designer Jethro Macey for thinking of it, as anything that keeps us mindful of our energy consumption is a welcome step forward. [Jethro Macey via Presurfer]
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cayton
Posted 4:43 AM 29/9/08
I like the idea of putting money in to turn on the light. I think it would be an interesting way to save money, while at the same time prevent you from leaving lights on all the time.
Conversely, nothing would irritate me more than to need to see something at night, and have to search in darkness for spare change.
cayton
markarian
Posted 5:57 AM 29/9/08
Have kids piggy banks ever not had a little plastic plug on the bottom so you didn't HAVE to smash the damn thing? Or is that an element of Baby Boomer culture that made it into our cartoons?
markarian
soopafly
Posted 6:18 AM 29/9/08
Anyone have change for a dollar??
soopafly
maztec
Posted 7:21 AM 29/9/08
@markarian: Mine did not have a little plug on the bottom. It was satisfying after years of saving to smash it open.
maztec
rer89
Posted 8:13 AM 29/9/08
Dang it, I dont have a change with me. Why couldnt they offer a credit card version???
rer89
EricAlder
Posted 1:38 AM 30/9/08
I need a coin TV for my kid.
No, scrap that... he'd just be bugging me for change all the time.
I think this project was funded by the U.S. Treasury Dept. as part of their on-going quest to keep coined currency alive. (Why else have so-called 'collectible' series of state quarters and presidential dollar coins?
EricAlder