lighting
Science
Finally, Hospital Lighting Reminiscent Of A Cylon Base Ship
9:40AM Mark Wilson | Granted, the green-tinged fluorescence of most hospital rooms is by no means comfortable, but Philips’ solution, seen here, looks like an alien probe chamber — or so I’ve heard. More »
Design
The Spica Water Speaker Makes Listening To Music Uncomfortable
6:20AM Sean Fallon | When was the last time a song made you want to pee? Well, there is a first time for everything, and your first bladder-rocking beat may come courtesy of the Spica water speaker. More »
Design
I Just Can’t Get Enough Of These Robolamps
6:40AM Sean Fallon | Croatian artist Robert Matysiak has a really awesome thing going with his Robolamps. It’s just a bunch of plumbing supplies and green light bulbs, but I want to collect them all. More »
Design
Fiat Lux Lamp Actually Runs On Magic
3:20AM Jesus Diaz | I rarely get truly impressed by gadgets. They may be beautiful. They may do nice tricks. But very rarely they make me smile out of pure wonderment. That’s exactly what happened when I watched the Fiat Lux Lamp in action. More »
Design
Gigantic LED Funnels Will Light Up 2010 Expo And Suck Rain
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | See that enormous blue funnel in the middle of those buildings? It’s just one of the six canopies that will light up the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. As the close-ups show, the scale of these things defies belief. More »
Design
Carbon Fibre Ribbon Of Light
3:00AM Mark Wilson | I would have assumed this lamp was aluminium, had designer Marcus Tremonto not explained… More »
Design
Sleep Doesn’t Seem Like A Priority With The Expose LED Bed
5:40AM Sean Fallon | My guess is that sleep isn’t the priority when you own the Expose LED line of bedroom furniture… if you know what I mean. All that’s missing is a waterbed. More »
Design
Bacon Lamp
3:20AM Mark Wilson | I doubt that words can do justice to the unbridled fulfilment a man receives when standing next to a bacon lamp birthed from his own brilliance. More »
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 » 
