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Striker magnetic LED light brightens tight places from a dozen angles

Friday, February 27, 2009 - 1:13pm

This golf-ball-sized flashlight is unlike any other, shaped like a underwater mine and bristling with LEDs loaded with one particularly powerful LED. Its twelve points are tipped with powerful neodymium magnets, clinging to any steel surface and letting you aim...

Purely Anion CFL bulbs save enegy, might make you feel good

Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 10:41am

We've all gotten the message that compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) are more efficient than incandescents, but Purely Anion's CFLs take the green theme and extra step. the company's bulbs include a negative-ion generator, adding some good feeling to your...

Roger Borg creates cubed lighting — Coincidence? We think not

Kevin Hall

Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 12:19pm

Your average cubed-shaped anything isn't normally all that special — that is, until you find out that the name behind it is Borg. Roger Borg, in this case, who isn't a robotic construct at all. Rather, he's an awesome designer...

Ray Flash: Professional ring-flash lighting on the cheap

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 1:02pm

Shoot pics like the pros with Ray Flash ring flash adapter, giving you that clean, soft shadow-less look. The cool thing about this $200 attachment is that it uses no electronics. Attach it to a flash unit mounted to...

Artist uses thousdands of gummi bears to make massive (and sweet!) chandelier

Kevin Hall

Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 12:18pm

Some people want chandeliers worked over with precious metals, ornate carvings or layers of stained glass. Artist YaYa Chou, whose inner child is wholly intact, went for a chandelier covered by strings of Gummi Bears instead. Amazingly, the whole setup...

The 'New' New Year's Eve Ball: 32,256 LEDs, 11,875 pounds, 20% more efficient

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 2:24pm

Last year, the Times Square Ball got an LED makeover for its 100th anniversary. This year that tradition continues, all 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs of it (and don't forget the 2,668 Waterford crystals). The 12-foot-wide, 11,875-pound ball is...

NYC streets to be lit by long-lasting LED lamps on more city-friendly poles

Kevin Hall

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:53am

The Big Green Apple will join an ever-growing list of cities with its plan to take advantage of long-lasting LED street lighting — Ann Arbor, Michigan was the first US city to go 100% LED — but NYC is going...

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Lighting stories

Striker magnetic LED light brightens tight places from a dozen angles

Purely Anion CFL bulbs save enegy, might make you feel good

Roger Borg creates cubed lighting — Coincidence? We think not

Ray Flash: Professional ring-flash lighting on the cheap

Artist uses thousdands of gummi bears to make massive (and sweet!) chandelier

The 'New' New Year's Eve Ball: 32,256 LEDs, 11,875 pounds, 20% more efficient

NYC streets to be lit by long-lasting LED lamps on more city-friendly poles

Sidewalk of the future: LED-embedded Catwalk brings out the disco in all of us

Chronochrome, the puzzling light-show clock

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