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Science
Cheap, Printed Solar-Powered LEDs Could Change 1.5 Billion Lives
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Photovoltaic cells printed on sheets aren’t news, nor are LEDs and ultrathin lithium batteries. What’s news is a combination of the three which can help give light to 1.5 billion people who live in impoverished areas without access to electricity. More »
Design
7:25AM Brian Lam | The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More »
The Living Light Sculpture
7:25AM Brian Lam | The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More »
Gadgets
Duct Tape With Embedded LEDs Opens Up A New Half-Arsed World
5:00AM Sean Fallon | Think about all of the half-arsed repairs we can already do with duct tape. Imagine what it would be like if embedded LEDs were thrown into the mix? We’re talking half-arsed upgrades here. More »
Design
LED Eyelashes Are The Next Stage In Woman’s Self-Torturing Race
3:19AM Mark Wilson | Designer Soomi Park is a betrayer of her own sex. She could very well start a trend with these LED eyelashes, forcing women everywhere to painfully affix electrodes to their faces, blinding themselves with each eye-smile. (See the video!) More »
Design
The Magic Paint Roller
1:40PM Jesus Diaz | I have seen some pretty cool electronic graffiti techniques in the past, but multimedia performers Sweatshoppe’s method—which uses a paint roller to draw video straight on walls—beats them all. More »
Design
Dead Firefly Lives On As An LED Light
7:40AM Sean Fallon | Designer Harry Allen is the kind of person that would look at roadkill as an opportunity. For example, he recycled the carcass of a pig for a bank and a dead firefly for a lamp. More »
Design
The Stardust Table: Furniture Reclaimed By Cylons
2:40AM Mark Wilson | On one hand, the Stardust Table reminds us that furniture can be recycled through the simple integration of new technologies. On the other, it costs about $US15,000 and is ugly as sin. More »
Gadgets
7:40AM Mark Wilson | We’ve all heard of Joby’s renowned Gorillapods, the tough, highly flexible ball socket tripods that fit everything from dSLRs to PSPs. The Gorillatorch takes this same basic idea and pops on magnet feet and a bright LED head. More »
Gorillatorch Review: A Lamp With A Magnetic Personality
7:40AM Mark Wilson | We’ve all heard of Joby’s renowned Gorillapods, the tough, highly flexible ball socket tripods that fit everything from dSLRs to PSPs. The Gorillatorch takes this same basic idea and pops on magnet feet and a bright LED head. More »
Nirvana Bathtub Is Like Bathing In A Disco Ball
11:00AM Sean Fallon | There have been several products designed for a bathtub light show, but the Nirvana tub takes it a step further by embedding 360 LEDs right into the surface. More »
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