Cordless Reading Lamp Is Powered By Its Own Moving Parts

Cordless Reading Lamp Is Powered By Its Own Moving Parts


The next time your home loses electricity, you can at least stay entertained by reading — even in the dark — with this lovely lamp that runs completely off the grid.

While most cordless lamps rely on rechargeable batteries, or solar cells, to compensate for their lack of a permanent tether to an outlet, the First Light uses a series of gears, cogs and weights to keep its LED bulbs (we’re assuming) running day or night. Even if your power’s out. Like a grandfather clock you will occasionally need to wind the lamp, which raises the weights infusing it with potential energy that’s converted to electricity over time. But that’s a small price to pay if it means never tripping over an errant power cord ever again. [Post Fossil via The Fancy]


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