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Posts tagged “LED”

New Green ESL Bulbs Will Be As Efficient As CFLs and LEDs

In the race to finding the greenest way to illuminate our nights, a new company has come up with a new refinement of old technology to serve our needs. Will it be enough to save you even more money? F...

show-me Reduces Water Consumption, Shower Hogs

The show-me shower system uses a LED display system to notify you how much water you use during your time in the shower. One LED is lightened up for every five liters of water consumed. Would you want...

DIY LED Indicator Tells You When the Garage is Open

Those nights spent sitting up in bed wondering if the garage door is open will be a thing of the past if you put this DIY project to work in your home......

Digital BBQ Tongs Come Equipped with LCD & LED

W.W.B.F.D. (what would Bobby Flay do?) when faced with some late evening grilling, when it's difficult to see whether your ribs or chicken are properly cooked on the grill. Well a decent grill master ...

Zoran Sunjic’s Blind LED Light Handrail

The beauty of LED lighting besides its energy sipping efficiency is that the technology gives off very little heat. This means interesting lighting solutions like Zoran Sunjic’s Blind LED Light Han...

Easy Garden Party Lights from Plastic Pails

We love fall down here in the South! After enduring grueling months of the hot southern sun, the cool crisp fall air feels great and makes us want to enjoy our front porches. We'd stay out all night i...

Sprinz LED Lighted Shower Tray

It used to be that electricity and water weren't really a good mix. In fact, we might say that you avoided tech in the shower. But we let the clock radio in, and now we can't be stopped......

Diva Lamp and Music System

The Diva, designed by Dante Donegani and Giovanni Lauda, is a two in one solution that should appeal to your inner Whitney Houston: a LED bedside light with a music system specifically designed for t...

LED Meets DIY Decor
New York Times

Yesterday's New York Times included this interesting article about incorporating LED lighting into home decor as an example of "the softer side of technology" amongst the DIY decor set, primarily abou...

LED Pin Lighting

The beauty of LED lights are their bright efficiency. A small bulb can light up a large area without using much energy, and that's the premise behind Korea designer Sungho Lee's LED Pin concept, a s...

NightCove Duo Aids Couples to Sleep & Empty Bank Account

NightCove by Zyken is for insomniacs looking for a little technological aid to get their Zzz's. The NightCove relies upon LED light and programmed sound sequences to relax your senses into a sleep w...

Macrolux LEDs Poles: They Are Supercool

Not all lamps fit in all spaces. Some spaces have awkward and unforeseen angles in which the best suited lamps don't really fit. That won't be a problem anymore, since the Macrolux Supercool LED lamps...

Build Your Own Ice Tube Clock Kit

Steampunk mixed in with a dash of Soviet era vacuum technology and DIY instructions, and what you've got is the Adafruit Industries Ice Tube Alarm Clock kit, a beautiful blue glowing timepiece with 0....

Look! Yamagiwa Moonbird: Exquisite Hand Carved LED Lamp

We tend to think of LED lamps as being modern and sleek, as well as mass-produced in some factory in China. That's a shame, because we think that hand crafted lamps and furniture are well worth the ef...

Bluetooth Enabled Lamp Enables Customized Color Therapy

After a hard day at work, it's nice to come to a relaxing mood in your home. In order for you to accomplish this, you can modify your lighting to be more soothing. It's been proven that the colors tha...

BiOrb Life Aquarium

The BiOrb Life Aquarium is for the pet owner with discriminating taste in decor. Sporting an LED lighting system designed to mimic the actual schedule of real sunlight, an advanced 5-stage filtration ...

LG LED TVs: Thinner, Better, Faster, Stronger

It seems not too long ago that TV upgrades only came every half decade or so. Nowadays, we're presented with revision after revision, boasting minuscule upgrades with hefty price tags. With the introd...

Furni "Emily" Alarm Clock

Designed by Greg Wolos and winner of Furni's “Show Us Your Skills” competition winner, the Emily alarm clock confused us with its advertised side profile configuration until we realized it was a b...

Mathmos: Perfect Store For Outdoor Lights and Lava Lamps

Finding the right type of lights isn't always as straightforward as heading to the nearest hardware store or Ikea. You got to search for the right stuff. Mood lighting is also something good to integr...

LEDs Are As Efficient As Compact Fluorescents

Our recent articles on energy efficient lighting proposed that LEDs were a lot more efficient than standard incandescent bulbs. But how do those fancy LEDs compare to energy efficient compact fluoresc...

Will Earl's LED Bud Lighting Up

Depending on your memory, and perhaps age, this LED task lamp might remind you of either the egg pod tops from Alien or the crane from a stuffed animal prize dollar machine. 32 warm and cold LED bulbs...

Inspiration: Stylish LED Lighting Underneath Furniture

There is a fine line between tacky and stylish. Some tacky ideas can yield some great results, even if they verge on being completely tacky. We have to say that usually lighting that is put underneath...

Alone Illuminating Coat Hook

Such a simple, but useful idea for the entryway: coat hook that is also a wall mounted LED light! Daniele Trebbi's Alone light is one of those products that get our mind racing in the hopes of finding...

Eternaleds: Liquid Cooled LED Lasts 35,000 Hours

One of the easiest ways of saving money is by replacing your old school incandescent bulbs and replacing them with high tech alternatives. LEDs have been on the market for a few years, but Eternaleds ...

Linus Kutavicius' Light Pillow

This pillow designed by Linas Kutavicius is a decorative light that was conceived to be placed on the floor, on the bed, hung on the wall or used as a chandelier...but strangely, not to be used real...