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create your own profanity

alisha k. — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:30:35 +0000

If run-of-the-mill, every day profanity just isn’t good enough for you–maybe you’re the type who yells KRAF! when you stub a toe–then you just might be the target market for the Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine, which will merrily generate random four-letter words for you at the rate of one per second.

The machine, which was constructed from fluorescent vacuum tubes, also tells time. Just in case you want it to do something slightly less hypnotic but more useful. It is the opposite of cheap at $125, but if you are one of the twelve people with money to burn in this economy, and you’re like me, you might just find this hilariously random and therefore awesome.

The four-letter word generator is available from koolatron’s Etsy site.

x-ray lighting fixtures won’t expose you to radiation

technabob — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:30:23 +0000

Usually when I think about X-rays, it conjures up images of sitting on a table in an ill-fitting hospital gown with a weighty lead apron draped over some part of my body. Fortunately, these X-ray lamps require not so much as a visit to the doctor’s office.

Designer Wonsuk Cho created these pendant lamps using actual X-rays of incandescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Alas and alack, there is no information on if or when you’ll ever be able to buy these for your own pad. For now, you’ll have to settle for something a little less elegant. Just slice up that old film of your fractured limb, glue it onto the sides of an Artemide Petronilla ceiling fixture and hang it up.

[via MocoLoco via Design Zen]

lightsabers for the eco-conscious jedi

technabob — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:30:29 +0000

Just because your primary weapon is a lightsaber, young Jedi, doesn’t mean that you have to be an energy hog when you’re fighting back throngs of Stoormtroopers.

This amusing t-shirt from Ruby Red Design envisions an EnergyStar compliant galaxy far, far away. Rather than burning a wasteful powerful plasma beam, the Jedi EcoSaber operates on a high-efficiency compact fluorescent bulb instead.

Sure, you might not have enough energy to slice Sith Lords in half with one of these, but you sure could give ‘em a bad case of mercury poisoning if you smash the bulb over their heads. Or maybe you can just dodge Darth Vader until he goes broke paying his electric bill – which no doubt bankrupt him long before you.

If you’ve been looking for a new t-shirt for your ironic hipster-doofus wardrobe, head on over to online art marketplace RedBubble and order yours today.

systemx interlocking fluorescent lights by yamagiwa

technabob — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:46:19 +0000

Designer Ross Lovegrove has created this amazing system of lighting fixtures for Japan’s Yamagiwa. SystemX lighting units can interconnect to create stunning, yet practical lighting sculptures.

SystemX uses a set of “X” shaped primitives that can be joined, then hung from a ceiling to provide both illumination and drama in any space. The fluorescent system is not only beautiful, it’s bright and energy-efficient.

While the “X” is the primary design element, Yamagiwa sells a variety of special connectors which let you combine them into a virtually infinite array of different patterns.

[via TrendsNow via CribCandy]

lexon tykho bulb lamps make light squishy

technabob — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:45:05 +0000

These unique lighting fixtures from LEXON feature a soft silicon rubber exterior that conceals a cool fluorescent tube light source.

The Tykho Bulb lamp can run on either battery power (4 x AA) or an AC adapter, and come in several bright colors. The lamps cost about $60 USD each.