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alien abduction lamp is just brilliant

filed under: design | just plain fun

Lasse Klein’s Abduction Lamp

Every once in a blue moon I come across a concept that’s just amazing, and this is one of those times.

Combining great design and a sense of humor is tough to pull off, but Artist Lasse Klein’s new Abduction Lamp manages it with ease. His sci-fi inspired lamp design features a light-up UFO, “hovering” above the ground thanks to a glass base that looks like a tractor beam…

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June 5th, 2007 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

led flashlight looks like a light bulb

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LED Keychain Lightbulb

While I question the utility of this flashlight, the idea of carrying around what looks like a traditional incandescent light bulb on your keychain is just wacky enough that I thought I’d give it a mention.

While this little light bulb doppelganger might look like a real bulb, you won’t be mistaking it once it’s lit…

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May 30th, 2007 11 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lexon tykho bulb lamps make light squishy

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Lexon Tykho Lamps

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.

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April 25th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

projector lets you moon yourself

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Banpresto Moon Projector

This light projector casts an ever-changing animation of the phases of the moon onto your wall.

The moon phase projector from Banpresto can project a 2 foot diameter moon image from about 6 feet away. The projector gradually changes between all of the lunar phases over the course of about an hour.
The projector is supposed to sell for ¥3675 (appx…

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April 19th, 2007 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

havaleena led lights great for outdoor settings

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Havaleena LED Lamps from Tayo Design

These battery-operated LED lighting fixtures are perfect for the upcoming barbecue season. They look great on a picnic table or on a deck, bringing a bit of modern sensibility to the outdoors.

The oddly-named Havaleena light from Tayo Design Studio is a 20-inch tall tube with a brushed-aluminum finish and an acrylic frosted light diffuser at the top…

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April 16th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lounge light projector: for a splash of color anywhere

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Lounge Light Projector

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…

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April 9th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

projector paints the aurora borealis on your walls

filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful

Genso Kukan Aurora Lighting Fixture

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…

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April 4th, 2007 9 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lcos displays get led light source

filed under: future tech

LCOS and LED Engine

While LCD and DLP sets continue to move towards LEDs as their light source, high quality Liquid Crystal on Silicon LCOS (a.k.a. Sony’s SXRD and JVC’s HD-ILA) displays have so far been left out in the cold…

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February 5th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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