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more about #fluorescent Curves: I would kick back and have a cup of coffee while all the other commentards ran in, and then waited until they posted what was over there. #flamegate more » boxernyc: I'd throw a tennis ball in with a string attached. If it came back covered in goo and scorched no way man! #flamegate more » ripfire: Use yellow crayon on white light. Hmm. That doesn't seem to work. #flamegate more » nutbastard: this would be totally at home at burning man in the deep playa. #flamegate more » tzakiel: I'd want to go, but I'd grab my wife first. #flamegate more » FriarNurgle: I'd throw rocks and sticks at it and become quite disappointed when the florescent bulbs brake instead of awesomely hot trans-dimensional futuristic b... more » MrBangBam: Depends on the music playing in the background. Angels singing - walk in! Creepy high pitched violin - Run away! #flamegate more » cheezitman2001: You are likely to be eaten by a grue. #flamegate more » Gordonium: C:\ north You are in front of a blinding white tear in the fabric of the night. C:\ enter light You are surrounded by brilliance unimaginable to... more » lostarchitect: My girlfriend looks a lot like a younger kim deal. people tell her this all the time. it's a little weird. #flamegate more » rombuu: This is one of those tests to tell if I'm a replicant or not, right? #flamegate more » Kaiser-Machead: I'd be wondering why whatever supernatural force responsible for the crack in the fabric of our known reality would be so sloppy as to make it an omin... more » shalegac: I'd throw a rock first to make sure it was safe. #flamegate more » chunk2242: First, I would piss my pants. Then I would inspect the light from afar to try to figure out what it was. If I can't figure it out from that distance... more » Blaxpear: Man... just think how inefficient the power grid has to be for this to happen. more » KLanD: If there is enough energy to light these bulbs, could we not then capture and store it as well? more » P3nnst8r: Reminds me of Fl0wer! more » loslosbaby: When I was a kid, my Dad hung around some wild characters, being Hollywood in the early 70's it was a vortex of the bizarre, drug-infested and reptili... more » LewPhoenix: So, if I lived under or near power lines could I "steal" this wireless power and run it to my home? more » MoN: So... the magnetic field around the powerful wires produces enough power for 50+ flourescent bulbs? more » -
#design
Walk Into the Light
You are lost, walking through a dark forest. Unknown animal sounds drill into your ears and fears. The freezing wind crackles above you. And then, reality breaks, opening a gate to an unknown white. Would you enter or run away? More » -
#imageofthenight
This Farm? Oh, At This Farm We Grow Fluorescent Bulbs
Richard Box's art installation, called FIELD, is powered by the electrical fields from the power lines that run above the project. It's an eerie sight, to be sure. [io9] -
#lighting
Tea Bag Lighting Concept is Absolutely Tea-lightful
Korean designer Wonsik Chae's light concept is in the shape of a teabag filled with fluorescent molecules that react to chemicals in a teacup. The result: a new meaning to the words "tea light." More » -
#lighting
Lazy 'Eco' Panasonic Lighting Glows Only As Brightly As It Needs To
Panasonic has just announced a new fluorescent light fixture that's extra energy efficient. Responding to ambient light (from the sun, etc), the light will adjust its output accordingly to save electricity while maintaining brightness. More » -
#lighting
New GE Light Within a Light Is Like Ship In a Bottle
General Electric's new Energy Smart CFL.fluorescent light is one of those things that makes you scratch your head and wonder: How the hell do they do that? A fluorescent spiral lamp into a traditional bulb? -
#theft
Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Are The New Hotel Robe
While hotels are used to catering to the shady sides of society—there's good reason that rooms are void of blacklight fixtures and stocked to the gills with plenty of cheap towels—they are not used to appeasing eco-conscious thieves. According to Montana's page on energy efficient CFLs, "building owners, hotel operators and office managers complain about people stealing the CFL bulbs right out of the fixtures." More » -
