Lighting stories

The future called, wants its levitating lamp back

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 2:17pm

In the future, everything levitates. Why? Because levitation is damn cool, that's why. You don't need a time machine, though: this is a levitating lamp that you can go buy right now to impress your friends and utterly confuse your enemies.

More efficient 'laser light bulbs' could be the new LED

Evan Ackerman

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 1:02pm

Researchers at Sandia National Labs have mixed four different diode lasers to produce a warm, bright white light that they say is just as good as incandescents and better than LEDs. Laser light bulbs, here we come!

The gorgeous Nuke Lamp lights your home with fake atomic power

Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:30am

So, you want a lamp that's got a bit more character than your standard-issue lighting source. Well, it doesn't get much more unique than this stunning Nuke Lamp.

Image of the Day: LED lighting looks like a double helix

Megan Wollerton

Monday, April 25, 2011 - 6:00am

If you agree that the double helix is sadly absent from modern design, then look no further than Karim Rashid's DNA lighting. Created for the Italian manufacturing firm SLIDE, these spiral LEDs remind us that lighting can be fun.

Flickering office lights induce Wi-Fi, headaches

Evan Ackerman

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 11:31am

They may make you want to gouge your eyes out with a pointed stick, but flickering office lights are learning how to transmit data like a Wi-Fi network, while saving you money at the same time.

Italian designer creates gorgeous illuminated shoes from fiber optics

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 9:36am

Lighting on footwear is typically limited to those blinking LEDs on little kids' sneakers. But these illuminated high heels are a different — and much more chic — animal.

Spooky wallpaper changes in different colored light

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 6:17am

This would be an easy way keep your living space feeling fresh: get wallpaper that changes. Of course, you'll also have to flood your room with red, green or blue light.

See the designer lamp made from OLEDs that costs a staggering $5,900

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 3:11pm

You might think this is some kind of solar array, but high-end designer Philippe Starck tells us this is the lamp of the future. He's named it Light Photon, and this limited-run lighting fixture is made of high-grade stainless steel...

Pool light dives, floats, looks like V'GER from Star Trek

Monday, May 10, 2010 - 12:57pm

I don't know about you, but I like my pool lights to act like jellyfish, diving and surfacing, and flashing like a disco ball on steroids. This one does that and more, behaving like a submarine. You can decide whether...

The craziest UFO lamps ever built

Monday, May 10, 2010 - 12:10pm

We're no strangers to alien abduction lamps, but these watery structures have gone way beyond mere illumination, practically abducting our minds. Let's let Jason Dietz, the guy who built these masterpieces, explain: These are handmade UFO abduction lamps. They stand...

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Lighting stories

The future called, wants its levitating lamp back

More efficient 'laser light bulbs' could be the new LED

The gorgeous Nuke Lamp lights your home with fake atomic power

Image of the Day: LED lighting looks like a double helix

Flickering office lights induce Wi-Fi, headaches

Italian designer creates gorgeous illuminated shoes from fiber optics

Spooky wallpaper changes in different colored light

See the designer lamp made from OLEDs that costs a staggering $5,900

Pool light dives, floats, looks like V'GER from Star Trek

The craziest UFO lamps ever built

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