Lighting

Science

How To Make The Geekiest Chandelier In The World

11:30PM February 3, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

The problem with most light fittings is that they’re only about style: they’re the preserve of hipsters and interior designers. If you want something a little more geeky, why not make your own test tube chandelier? More »


Gadgets

Shoot The Lights Off With The BANG! Lamp

10:00PM February 3, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Clapping your lights on and off is comically passe. Why make all that noise you can toggle the room’s illumination with invisible bullets? More »


Gadgets

Wi-Fi Controlled LED Tubes Make For Easy Office Upgrades

1:30PM February 2, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

By creating these lights with the exact same form factor as a fluorescent bulb, NetLED has made it incredibly easy to upgrade the lighting in a store or office to its LED tubes, which can also be remotely controlled over Wi-Fi. More »


Geek Out

Ghent Light Festival Creates A Technicolor Dream Cathedral

9:30PM February 1, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Clark Griswold? Amateur. This is how you put on a light show — the 2012 Light Festival at Ghent, Belgium. And this 28 meter tall cathedral, the Luminarie Cagna, was its centrepiece. More »


Gadgets

The Modern Lantern Brightens Rooms Without Hogging Powerpoints

10:30PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Rearranging your furniture is easy enough but your lighting tends to stay where its been since you moved in — limited by the location of available outlets. Or it was limited at least, until the folks at Modern Lantern designed a table lamp that doesn’t need them. More »


Gadgets

This 15,000-Lumen LED Light Cannon Will Turn Night To Day

7:30PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

You can forget about hanging it from your belt, because this miniature sun — masquerading as a torch — is heavy enough to need two hands to operate. And with 15,000 lumens, the XM18 is bright enough to illuminate a small planet. More »


Geek Out

Turn Your Old Airbus A300 Into A Hanging Lamp

4:30PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

If you’re anything like me, you like to keep your fleet of private jets up to date. But selling an old Airbus on Craigslist can be a pain, so artist Paul Coudamy hacks them apart and turns them into hanging lamps. More »


Geek Out

Flat Panel Anglepoise Lamps Are The Future

5:00AM January 30, 2012 | Adrian Covert

How do you fit a humongoid Anglepoise lamp in your home? Reduce it down to two dimensions and pack it full of LEDs, of course. Forged of birch and steel, Giles Godwin-Brown’s Nepa Lamp will sit flat on a wall, or spin out into the third dimension and totally screw with your head. I love it. [Design Milk]


Gadgets

Self-Adjusting Headlamp Knows If You Want To See Near Or Far

3:00PM January 22, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

When you’re trekking through the great outdoors in the middle of the night, you need your hands free for reading maps, clearing obstacles and fighting off bears. So Petzl’s new Nao headlamp makes all the brightness and focus adjustments for you. More »


Gadgets

Adorable Plant-Inspired Solar Lights Charge By Day, Shine By Night

6:30PM January 20, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

If you’re prone to unintentionally killing plants, these Petal solar lights from Mohzy might be a good way to ease back into gardening. You’ll still need to ensure they get plenty of sunlight, but won’t die if you screw that up. More »