Just as the title says, you can turn almost any empty bottle into a USB-powered LED table lamp with this kit from Satechi. The Touch USB LED Lamp allows you to save two ways: by recycling a bottle for the lamp base and by using LED lights that consume only 1.2W of power. They don’t [...]
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In addition to their journals, Moleskine makes accessories for readers and writers. Their Rechargeable Booklight will shed light on the book you’re reading or on the journal you’re writing in. It’s USB-rechargeable, has two LEDs, and it measures 7″ X 1.5″. The Booklight has a soft-touch, matte plastic exterior and a flexible, bendable inner structure that [...]
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The title of this article is Cree‘s slogan for their newly released LED light bulbs. These bulbs look like the normal incandescent bulbs we’re used to seeing, so your light fixtures will look like they have normal bulbs in them. Cree says their “innovative bulb is illuminated by Cree LED Filament Tower™ Technology and provides [...]
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The LuminAID is an ingenious portable LED light that was designed by architecture graduate students Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta as a product to assist post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Simply leave it laying in the sun to charge up the internal battery (rechargeable up to 500 times), inflate the bag, and the LuminAID can provide [...]
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Samsung has introduced three new LED light bulbs that will help you in your efforts to reduce your daily energy consumption. There are three different styles with different light output available. Costs vary from about $17 to about $60 per bulb, depending on style. Each bulb promises to deliver 20X the lifespan of a halogen [...]
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We’ve all heard by now that replacing standard incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs can save us money in the long run. They use less energy to produce the same amount of light, and they produce less heat doing it. Compact fluorescent bulbs can be big and bulky and not fit into every lamp and [...]
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The NuGreen LED Desk Lamp from NewerTechnology adds some “green” style to your desk. The lamp is made from aluminum and has 50 cool-white LEDs that simulate daylight. The LEDs use only 3.6W of power, and they provide about 45,000 hours of light – 22 times more than a traditional light bulb. The NuGreen lamp [...]
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