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These Talented Brackets Are Half Light, Half Support
How many times have you looked for something in a dark corner of your apartment and hit your head on the edge of a shelf? Probably more than you can count. Alex Allen Studio’s Lightbrackets solve the problem (plus a few others) by doing double duty as a lamp and a weight-supporting mount for shelves.
Can This RGB Dotted Reflector Really Improve Digital Camera Shots?
A photography lighting accessories company called B2PRO claims to have come up with a simple way to improve digital photos taken with an external flash and reflector umbrella. Instead of just being covered in a highly reflective fabric, the RGB Umbrella actually features a complex pattern of red, green, and blue dots across its surface — like a digital camera’s sensor — which are claimed to reflect the colours a camera’s most sensitive to.
Your Philips Hue Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smarter
The luminescent chameleon that is the Philips Hue lighting system is pretty sweet as it is but, starting today, it’s going to gain a swath of new functions demanded by its users. Here’s what’s in store for version 1.1.
Making Your Laser A Flashlight Is The Lamest Way To Make It Useful
Wicked Lasers has made a name for itself by building incredibly powerful handheld lasers that it’s still legally able to sell to the public. At the top of the heap is the Wicked Lasers Arctic which blasts forth a full watt of focused blue light. But when you tire of getting in trouble with the cops you can now easily convert it into a bright white flashlight.
Make CMYK Shadow Puppets With This LED Lamp
It’s taken a while for the humble LED to gain a foothold in the broader consumer market — blame artisanal culture or simple force of habit, people love their cream-coloured incandescent bulbs. But as the New York Times devoted 1600 words to explaining yesterday, more and more designers are jumping on the LED bandwagon.
