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led mobile lights powered by the sun

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These dynamic modern lights from Japan create a cool glow in any space without need for connecting them to an external power source.

Kyouei Design’s Mobile Lights store solar energy during the day, and automatically turn on when its dark…

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November 4th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

dear edi lamp revamps edison’s classic lightbulb

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DAB Dear Edi LED Lamp

This modern, minimal lighting fixture from designer David Abad takes queues from a traditional incandescent lightbulb, but the resemblance is only skin deep.

Created for Spain’s DAB Light Works, the bulb-shaped Dear Edi (a nod to Thomas Edison) lamp is actually made from metal, not glass…

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September 2nd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

led lighting gets flat

filed under: design | gadgets

Eureka LED Lamp by Sander Mulder

These minimal lighting fixtures actually are designed to be shipped flat, like a postcard. Each lamp is actually a laser-cut sheet of aluminum with an embedded LED illumination source and powered by a single button battery…

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January 18th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

solo microphone: speed of light, not sound

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SOLO Microphone Lamp by Donna Jo Bradley

This unique pendant lighting fixture looks just like a microphone. The SOLO light casts an ethereal glow from its mesh cage, and would look great hanging over a bedside table or in front of your stereo rack.

Brooklyn artist Donna Jo Bradley offers these audio-inspired lamps on her Etsy shop…

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October 22nd, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

tiny wooden camera is actually an mp3 player

filed under: audio | just plain fun | media players

MP3 Camera Pendant

This little pendant might look like a tiny camera, but it’s secret identity is a digital music player.

The handmade wooden mini-cameras have an embedded Motz Music Box at their core, letting them play MP3, WMA and OGG files.

The only real downside to the player is that it only has 256MB of memory, and doesn’t look like it’s expandable…

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July 15th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

tagz: customizable led dog tag pendant

filed under: design | just plain fun

Tagz LED Pendant

Tagz are programmable scrolling LED tags that hang from a pendant. You can program a message of your choice by pressing a couple of buttons on the back of the tag.
I’m not sure if tagZ will be the next big trend with the kidZ, but they sure look cooler than the tacky glow stick necklaces that show up at the occasional rave…

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January 6th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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