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What better way for a father and son to spend the Thanksgiving weekend together than to build a robot out of a tin can and an Arduino. As far as robots go, this little autonomous aluminum can seeks out light and moves in the direction of it. The creator cleverly refers to this as a “flashlight leash.” With an Arduino, a light sensor and a lower power DC motor, making your own light-seeking robot shouldn’t be too difficult of a... Continue reading

Designer Miyoshimasato has designed a device that resembles what a flashlight might look like if the Cupertino bad-boys had designed one (that is if the white color of their Apple headquarters doesn’t cause a reflective faux day light at all hours, like some sort of tech inspired Alaskan winter). The iLight has a sleek, buttonless body, that would rely on touch navigation to power on the ray of light. To increase of decrease the luminance, just flick your finger up... Continue reading

Don’t you just hate it when flashlights run out of battery? The natural thing to do would be turning it off and shaking it, hoping that the chemical paste in there will somehow mix and squeeze a few drops of juice left. Japanese company Daisaku-shoji is selling this battery-free flashlight that can shine for a good 20 minutes with half a minute of shaking. The basic principal is just the highschool physics of magnetic induction. The best part is that... Continue reading

You’ll never have to replace dead batteries in the Everlife/Faraday Flashlight because it doesn’t need batteries. That’s right, the Everlife flashlight does not use batteries; rather, it uses electro-magnetic induction, meaning that it gets its power from you shaking the magnets back and forth inside the flashlight. It has to be shaken for about a minute whenever its completely drained, and only about 30 seconds for 5 minutes of light if it has some juice in it. This is perfect... Continue reading