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In my recent quest for unique lighting fixtures, I came across this minimal LED light source out of Germany.

The tiny fixture has a bright color-changing LED projector at the end of a flexible gooseneck. The light head clips onto a special 4.5-volt battery base that can provide up to 150 hours of illumination…

There’s a rumor floating around today that Nintendo is going to release a series of new controllers for the Wii in at least three new colors. Both the Wii-mote and Nunchuk controller are expected to be released in silver, blue and pearlescent pink sometime later this Spring.

These details were leaked in a European retail price list, and list a release date of June 29, 2007…

Now you can bring the famous Northern Lights inside your house with this nifty light projector from Japan.

The Genso Kukan Aurora simulates the beautiful atmospheric phenomena known as the Aurora Borealis and projects the images on your wall or ceiling.

I’m pretty sure that its using LEDs and other optical trickery to generate its relaxing patterns of animated color…

OLED (organic light emitting diode) technology has been gradually gaining momentum as a display medium for everything cell phones, portable media players and even some upcoming computer monitors. But did you know OLED can be amped up enough to generate a meaningful source of illumination?..

Renowned design shop LEXON has introduced their latest radio design, featuring looks inspired by the Apollo space capsule.

The appropriately named Apollo 2 digital AM/FM radio comes in a retro-modern package that would make NASA proud. The radio has nicely integrated its controls into the design, rather than relying on buttons and knobs. To turn on the radio, simply turn the antenna…

With all of the universal remote controls out there, it’s getting pretty tough for remote makers to differentiate themselves. This new remote from Sunwave does a good job standing out from the crowd by offering multi-color LED backlighting for its touchscreen interface…

I’ve seen a number of paper-to-digital note recorders over the years, but this is the first time I’ve come across one that can actually recognize multiple ink colors…

Samsung’s upcoming CLP-300 and CLP-300N claim to be the world’s smallest and lightest color laser printers.

The printers measure just 15.4″ W x 13.5″ D x 10.4″ H and weigh less than 30 lbs each. They feature a unique toner system which minimizes the size of the printer as well as cutting down on the noise of mechanical toner systems in competitors’ printers…