British designer Ben Wilson has designed a pedal-powered vehicle inspired by a child’s toy car. Called Artikcar, the vehicle is made of steel tubing and has an illuminated profile. Ben Wilson was one of three artists to be awarded commissioning money to create a mobile work of art, which will join the existing troupe of [...]
Solar garden lights (normally used to adorn a path) are simple devices which use solar panels to charge a rechargeable battery in the day, then they automatically switch an LED on at night. Since they are now very cheap, and are even often thrown away, so we can use these to create self-sufficient (EVER LIVING!) [...]
Firewinder is the coolest green lighting fixture we’ve ever seen. Its 14 ultra bright LEDs are powered 100% by wind and will light up for anything from a 4 mph breeze to a very blustery day. The brightness of the light will depend on the strength of the wind: the faster the wind, the brighter [...]
The luminaires from LI-EX employ 15,000 cold-white Golden Dragon Plus LEDs and 50,000 warm-white TopLEDs in the entrance area of the new “Stachus Passagen” in Munich. Two different LED types were installed in the process: for the facade lighting and for the architectural upgrading of the entrance area, as well as for the backlighting of [...]
The Firefly Wind Light System revolves around a proprietary switch for sensing the wind. Picture an electrified wind chime; as the wind blows the metal chime into contact with the metal gong, it closes a circuit. Firefly’s LED/switch pairs do the same thing, except on a much smaller scale. When the wind blows on their [...]
Ingenious, eco-friendly concepts are all around us, there’s no denying that. This one caught our eye because it’s pretty innovative, seemingly well thought out, and good looking to boot. The Turbine Light concept (which is going to be a part of the upcoming Greener Gadgets conference in New York City at the end of this [...]