Nowadays more-in-one products make a lot of buzz and Viatek has just released a lightbulb, that, as you might think, makes light. But the interesting part is the air ionization it does, forcing the bad smelling pollutants to drop to the ground, by attaching to them.
The Viatek Ionic costs $15 and the idea seems great, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work very well. Hopefully they will do a bit more research and release another one.
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Initially designed as a fashion element, Footlume represents a special floor fitted with weight sensors that send an electrical impulse to light the floor in a small area when someone steps on it. Imagine a party room with lights coming to the floor, on the dance rhythm; but if you prefer to sleep instead of having a party, this floor could guide your steps to the bathroom and back to your bed, without banishing your sleep. Anyway, if you have kids, they’ll just love to jump all day long on …

Technology development offers more and more compact solutions with every new invention that comes out of science laboratories. The Luxim specialists developed a micro-sized light bulb, about the size of a pill, able to light a street using 250 watts of power, enough to get ahead of a 400 watts one.
Luxim’s light bulb uses Argon gas to produce light. Electrical energy is delivered to a component called the puck, which acts as an electrical lens. The gas is turned up into plasma; it heats up and gives light. The light …

Nowadays solar powered lights are something usual and met often, but have you ever heard of a wind-powered light ? Firewinder uses only the wind blowing to power itself and light, creating a great visual effect. It’s spiral form-factor allows it to light indifferent the direction the wind blows and it creates a helix of light. It’s spinning speed and intensity depends on wind speed.The Firewinder is environmental-friendly, using 14 bright LEDs and being built of recyclable materials. Along with this, it also uses renewable energy and it’s a great …

IBM is working hard on developing a new generation of communication technology that gives up on wire, in favor of light. This might sound crazy, but seems to be up to ten times more fast and efficient than our current technologies. Due to this, HD and Super-HD television may be much closer than you think, through internet.
The Optocards feature integrated “Optochips” and reach transfer rates of up to 8Tbps. It’s not as fast as Alcatel-Lucent’s latest announcement, but still is a noticeable improvement in our current transfer technology and is …

If you were thinking yo light up your entire house with tasteful spotlights, but you don’t want to drill any holes and neither to struggle with the wiring, then here is the perfect solution - LED Spotlights. They are very easy to install, they run on batteries and with a simple click on the light bulbs, they turn on.
The LEDs are available at JML Direct for £7.99 and you also will have to buy AA batteries because these are not included.
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LED-Art is a company which creates light objects and installations and it was founded by Paul Klotz an applied art engineer and light designer. His latest creation is the Tunnel Vision and it was inspired from Nicolas Tesla, the “the patron saint of modern electricity”.
The interactive installation is based on the magnetostriction effect which consists of an 100Hz buzz tone coming from electrical generators. The audio-visual effect is produced when you disturb the opening of the installation.

 If you are missing a pet in your home, then you should seriously think about this dog-shaped lamp that always listens you, if plugged in. Or better said, it will always turn on if you pet his metal head and illuminate your home. It’s touch sensitive surface will turn it on and scale through different lightning levels then turn off. Also it’s good looking and could be a nice accessory in your home, but it’s $150 price is it’s only inconvenience.