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Karin Johansson's Kinetic Energy Powered Dynamic Lamp

Using kinetic energy via a dynamo placed inside the globe, this table lamp lights up without the need for an electrical outlet. It's sort of like a hamster wheel meets lighting solution....

Sputnik: The Solar Lamp from Space

We know that in the long run, solar powered devices will outlast conventional ones. Along the way, they also have the benefit of saving you some money. Summer is most definitely here, and it's time to...

How to Make Your Own Sun Jar and Save Money

You've seen the Sun Jar and you love it. The trouble is the price. You can't just fathom paying $45 for each solar light. You'd be paying almost $500 to light up your garden and your rooms. That just ...

Sanyo Eneloop Lamp and Flashlight

Part weeble, part LED flashlight, the Sanyo Eneloop Lamp balances itself upright as a mood lamp, but also plays double duty and illuminates from bottom as a flashlight when positioned at a 90 degree a...

Green Concept: Magic Cube by Kai Yu

Now, the combination of an alarm clock with a radio is nothing to get too excited about. But the combination of an alarm clock, radio, lamp, and charger (that is solar powered) is something we wouldn'...

Can You Spot What This DIY Lamp is Made From?

This ultra-modern lamp, the result of a quick DIY project, is actually made from a household tool you might keep in your cleaning closet. Can you spot the re-purposed piece?...

DIY Project: Make Your Own Halogen to LED Conversion

There are many LED conversions out there for halogen lamps. This means that people are converting their halogen lamps to LED lamps by tinkering around with the bulbs and making their own. We've always...

Simple DIY Lamp Lets Tech Take the Stage

What you're looking at up there is the most minimalist of lamps, hand crafted from recycled lab equipment. No DIY project could be easier, we assure you. But the result is simple and, in it's own indu...

Look! Ornate Lighting in the Kitchen

Usually the only tech you see in the kitchen is the stuff used to make and store food; refrigerators and ranges and the like. Well, there's obviously some kind of light fixture to illuminate your kitc...

Stores: Y Lighting Perfect to Find that Incredible Looking Lamp

Y Lighting is one of those great online stores that lets you pick and choose the perfect lighting for the rooms in your home. Lighting is an easy way of changing the mood of any room. All that's neede...

The Modulares Light: Box-Like, Modular, and Transforms Shapes

Lights are really important in any home. Lights are able to change the mood and feel of a room, more than anything else. That's why it's good to have lighting fixtures that can be used in different wa...

JOININ' LED Lamp is Lit by Contact

A lamp without a power switch seems like the front contender for the Design Flaws that Ruined Great Gadgets list. But this lamp lights up and shuts down with a more unique method: using little electri...

Creative Re-use: Toothpicks Turned Lampshade

For whatever reason, it seems that recycled objects seem to make their way into some sort of lampshade. Case in point, cassette tapes, spray cans, and even chiquita bananas.(Not the actual bananas, bu...

Incredible Looking Styrofoam Chandelier: Uses Something From Apple

I don't know about you, but I've never really thought much about Styrofoam. I mean, sure it's perfect for packaging fragile stuff and we all know that it's something that we need to recycle. Sure, kid...

iLamp: Twist It Around Anyway You Like

Ever wanted a lamp you could twist around? Most of the time, you are limited by the amount of twisting you can do with your lamps since most lamps are made out of some kind of metal. I've seen those s...

Surface Treatment Makes LED Light More Cozy

In the debate over whether compact flourescent lights (CFLs) or light emitting diodes (LEDs) are going to join Betamax and HD DVDs in the up-and-coming technology graveyard, opponents of LEDs for norm...

Card Lamp Folds Flat on Desk to Keep Desk Clean

If you are like me, your desk must be a mess. Mine is overflowing with paper and books, computers and envelopes all over the place. More space on your desk leaves room for even more papers. The Card l...

OLED Lamps: Sleek and Thin

A lot of people are talking about OLEDs, but this is the first time I've actually considered that OLEDs can be used to actually light stuff up, just like LEDs. The beauty of OLED displays is that they...

Tati and Kigocoro Lamps: Strange Looking Trees

Lights can be easily used to enhance the look of any room. You don't need to spend a lot of money to make a living room look good. Just like a great tie, great lights make a world of difference. They ...

Graphic Lamp/Nightstand Combo in Milan

One of my spring cleaning tasks is to tackle my nightstand because right now I'm pretty much using my low-and-large table as an impromptu vanity. I've got almost all my jewelry, a hair brush, tweezers...

Drink it In with the Wine Glass LED 'Light Bulb'

For your next cocktail party—or beer pong party of that's more your style—why not have a little fun and replace some of the lights in your house with these light bulb lamps shaped like win...

Final Frame: It's Your Move

A 1968 chess set made from various disassembled parts from a lamp...428 parts in all!...

Cords are No Longer a Thing to Hide

We spend most of our time here at Unplggd trying to help you hide the unsightly cords that tangle and dangle behind your desks and media centers. Check out posts like the one about the DIY pegboard un...

The Versatile Bamboo Light System Bringing A Bit of the Orient Home

Lighting is often overlooked, but an integral part of any space. The wrong lights just make some places look bad. Usually, a few well placed lights can make all of the difference. That's why we think ...

The Great Bookmark Lamp: Reading Discreetly

There are always situations in which reading is a problem due to the light. Sometimes, like when you are on the go, or on a plane, you don't always have enough light to read. Or you're trying to read ...

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