Lighting

OLED Wallpaper Could Be the Future of Lighting

It’s the Star Trek-inspired future we were promised—walls that glow and change color, perhaps with just a gentle voice command. And it’s finally (almost) possible thanks to a series of advances in OLED sheets. This new lighting solution also uses half as much energy than existing fluorescent lights. It is, however, pretty expensive. New OLED…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 7

A Built-In Color Picker Lets You Tint This Lamp To Any Shade You Want

Now that a trio of red, blue, and green LEDs can reproduce almost any color you can imagine, tinted mood lighting has become a hot trend. But why settle for manually dialing in a specific shade when this ColorUp lamp includes a built-in color picker that can sample and reproduce any color you so desire?…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 7

This Lego Mario Brothers Lamp is the Geekiest Way to Spend $2,200

Let’s say that you’ve got a spare two grand stuffed in a shoebox under your bed, and you want to put it towards something really useful. No, not paying off a credit card bill, or getting your car serviced — you want to blow that on a Mario Bros lamp made out of Lego. In…

Tech News Chris Mills Sep 23

A Festive Lightning Charging Cable With Built-in Christmas Lights

Deck the halls, deck your desk, and charge your iPhone or iPad this holiday season with a USB Lightning cable featuring festive LED bulbs along its length—even if Christmas is months away. It’s the easiest and most useful way to bring holiday cheer wherever you go, even if those ten power-sipping LEDs mean your device…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 16

Animated Tron-Like Paint Jobs Are the Perfect Aftermarket Upgrade

Last year a company called Darkside Scientific wowed us with an electroluminescent paint known as LumiLor that was completely invisible under lights, but glowed with a bright intensity in the dark. And now the company has revealed an even cooler application of LumiLor: Giving a Tesla S an animated, glowing paint job. It’s a great…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 11

This Smart Lightbulb Adjusts to Your Behavior

In the home of the future, there will be no light switches, but the light will always be perfect, syncing itself with the sun and adjusting to your circadian rhythm. The smart home vision for future of lighting is energy efficient and completely responsive. And according to Stack,that future is now. The lighting companyjust announced…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 10

OLED Lighting Sheets Could Replace Bulbs and Halve Your Lighting Bill

We’ve certainly made some pretty big advances when it comes to household lighting—but why rest on our laurels? The next leap forward in lighting could be sheets of OLEDs that hang from your walls—and use half as much power as light bulbs. While OLEDs currently power the displays of TVs and smartphone to great effect,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Sep 8

This Lamp Is a Line of Light That You Can Twist to Your Heart’s Content

In the coming LED revolution, lightbulbs will no longer have to be lightbulbs. LEDs, which are just little points of light, can be arranged into any shape you want, and the Swiss design firm Shibui has decided place them in a simple, straight line. Meet Linelight. Despite its stark, minimalist design, Linelight gets a nice…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Sep 4

Philips’ Newest Hue Is Two Lights in One

While the Hue lights from Philips are capable of producing more than 16 million shades of colored light, flipping between functional white light and playful colored light can be a bit of a pain. And while the native app’s scene selections feature can help to partially alleviate this issue, Philips has just unveiled another option:…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 3

These Lamps Are a Sleek Modern Take on Industrial Lighting

Look around hip London or Manhattan coffee shops and restaurants, and you’ll know that big, heavy lampshades of industrial light fittings are in right now. But these stripped-back lights provide a nod to that style—with a lighter, modern feel. The Slims Collection of lamps by Tel-Aviv-based Studio Beam is a contemporary take on the industrial…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Aug 25

The Hue’s New Lights Glow Warm White at Half the Price

We’ve been raving about the Philips Hue smart lighting system since it first dropped. Well we’ve been raving about everything except its outrageous pricing—$60 a bulb, are you serious? But with the new Hue Lux, you can get a basic white smart light at a fraction of the price. The Hue Lux is just like…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 19

This Pencil Lamp’s Power Cord Leaves Doodles Around Your Home

Here’s a clever way to rid your home of unsightly cables: just hide them in plain sight. Designers Michael & George created the HB Lamps featuring a glowing eraser that can illuminate a room, and a black power cable protruding from the pencil tip that looks like doodles left by the pencil instead of an…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 14

Here’s how much lighting can change the way someone’s face looks

It’s obviously not a secret that lighting has the ability to change how a person’s face looks but photographer Sebastian Petrovski wanted to show how dramatic that difference could be in his photo series Perception Is Reality. The photos, which were pointed out by Lost at E Minor, can seem to capture different people. The…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 13

A High Intensity Video Light Lets Your GoPro See In the Dark

Just because the sun has set doesn’t mean your action-packed antics are over for the day. So an Aussie company called Knog has created the Qudos, a high-intensity camera light that sits next to your GoPro, and other popular action cams, pumping out up to 400 lumens of brightness so you don’t miss a single…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 24

A Tent With Built-In LED Lighting Eliminates Midnight Flashlight Hunts

If you’re sleeping out in the woods, and suitably far enough from civilization that you wake up in complete darkness, finding your flashlight to investigate a noise outside your tent can be all but impossible. So tent-maker Big Agnes has announced a new line of temporary abodes featuring LEDs built-in to the framework, ensuring adequate…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 17

MIT Thinks Lighting Drones Could Be the Perfect Photography Assistants

If you’ve ever been to a photography set, you’ve probably noticed how much time the photographer and their assistants take to perfectly position the lighting—only to have their efforts foiled when the model moves. That’s why researchers at MIT are proposing using drones as lighting, as they can constantly ensure they’re always in the perfect…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 11

The World’s Largest LED Hydroponic Farm Used to Be a Sony Factory

As climate change begins posing new challenges to conventional outdoor food production methods, hydroponic farming has made quick gains in popularity thanks to its space- and energy-saving design. This enormous indoor lettuce farm for example—the largest of its kind in the world—produces 10,000 heads a day in less space than a single American football field…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 10

A Lamp That Looks Exactly Like Sneakers Tossed Over Power Lines

If you’re on the hunt for a truly unique lamp to accessorize your living room, Etsy is a far better place to start than Ikea. Because that’s the only place you’ll be able to buy this illuminating creation from Ricochet Studio that looks like a pair of shoes tossed over a power line. Those shoes,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 2

GE’s Link Is a (Slightly) More Affordable Smart Bulb

Smart bulbs ain’t cheap, but GE has decided to enter your smart home with a new LED bulb called Link, which promises to make intelligent lighting cheaper. Well, a bit cheaper at least. It has a point: Philips’ latest Hue bulbs cost $60 a pop, which is quite a lot for a bulb. GE’s new…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 1

These Lights Can Recreate the Weather Above Your House Inside

Sappy couple alert! Say you’re sitting in your apartment—feeling a little emo (it’s okay!)—watching the sky get stormy beyond your window. Your baby’s not near but you want to share the moment—and that’s where Patch of Sky comes in. The fixtures wirelessly link up to your location and remotely mirror the weather wherever you’re at—the…

Social Media Jordan Kushins Jun 26

OLED Wallpaper Could Be the Future of Lighting

A Built-In Color Picker Lets You Tint This Lamp To Any Shade You Want

This Lego Mario Brothers Lamp is the Geekiest Way to Spend $2,200

A Festive Lightning Charging Cable With Built-in Christmas Lights

Animated Tron-Like Paint Jobs Are the Perfect Aftermarket Upgrade

This Smart Lightbulb Adjusts to Your Behavior

OLED Lighting Sheets Could Replace Bulbs and Halve Your Lighting Bill

This Lamp Is a Line of Light That You Can Twist to Your Heart’s Content

Philips’ Newest Hue Is Two Lights in One

These Lamps Are a Sleek Modern Take on Industrial Lighting

The Hue’s New Lights Glow Warm White at Half the Price

This Pencil Lamp’s Power Cord Leaves Doodles Around Your Home

Here’s how much lighting can change the way someone’s face looks

A High Intensity Video Light Lets Your GoPro See In the Dark

A Tent With Built-In LED Lighting Eliminates Midnight Flashlight Hunts

MIT Thinks Lighting Drones Could Be the Perfect Photography Assistants

The World’s Largest LED Hydroponic Farm Used to Be a Sony Factory

A Lamp That Looks Exactly Like Sneakers Tossed Over Power Lines

GE’s Link Is a (Slightly) More Affordable Smart Bulb

These Lights Can Recreate the Weather Above Your House Inside

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