Tag Archives: light

FLEX Light Bearer Holds iPhone, Provides Light, Pumps You Up

This muscley-looking plastic meat head doesn’t want to kick sand in your face like all of those dudes at the beach. Oh, no. His motive is much more harmless. All he wants to do is light your room with his included Statue of Liberty-esque lamp, and hold onto your iPod or iPhone as it charges. Really, he’s a nice fellow. ...

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Hang From The Chandelier Like A Monkey… A Much Less Hairy Monkey

Much of the time, chandeliers are displayed as a room’s luxury centerpiece. Usually made of crystal or glass, I’m always so tempted to jump and swing from every chandelier I see, yet personal property laws tend to deter me from such actions. The Do Swing concept is a light fixture which is made for doing exactly that. Hang from the ...

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BBQ Fan and Light: Because Our Hair Is Too Perfect To Get Sweaty

Spring and summer are just around the corner, and that means whipping out the old grill for some Fourth of July barbecue. Mmm…ribs. The temperature can get pretty steamy in these seasons, but not nearly as hot as when you are cooking over the grill. Some people hate the heat so much they resort to cooking their burgers in less ...

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USB Neon Sign Makes Your Desk Look Like A Bar

Much of the atmosphere of a bar is set with the dim lighting and bright hue of neon lights. There’s something about that contrast that is alluring. The USB Neon Sign allows you to have your own neon goodness right on your own desk. The sign is available in three designs, including the @ symbol, a smiley face, and of ...

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Car Bombing Turns Artsy

While we were never under the assumption that car bombing could be demonstrated cinematically as an art form, we have been proven wrong. The “I Want To Believe” exhibition from artist Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim Museum in New York displays 9 suspended cars, sequencing the movements of a car bombing. Enhanced with a spectacle of lit strands and a ...

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Surveillance Light Is Not Watching You: Nothing To See Here

You would think, with how things are today, that everyone is being watched all of the time. And you would be wrong, of course. Just paranoia is all it is. What was that I just saw in the sky? Oh well, no bother. The Surveillance Light, which is not watching you, is a floor lamp modeled after the cameras which ...

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One Man Shy And His Ever Changing Penis Size

The One Man series of gadgets is a favorite of ours, but wow, the things time can change. Not so long ago we talked about One Man Stuck, which featured One Man (also known as Mr. P) with a penis large enough to act as a wine cork (pretty huge for his size in relation), yet One Mac Shy has ...

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Let those beads speak of the doom of UV light

It’s a common saying in Japan that UV light is the biggest enemy to women because it makes them age faster. So a lot of beauty products have been abusing this concept to target its consumers. Instead of trying to reverse the damage, wouldn’t it be great to have something handy to warn you just before those freckles come out? ...

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2 months with the UV lamped toothbrush case

Japanese are obsessive with hygiene, so much that somebody invented the ultimate toothbrush carrying case with built-in UV lamp; supposedly it’ll kill germs. While everything sounds so much like a dream, the case is so portable, the UV lamp runs on AAA batteries. So the guys who tested it took it for a try, their conclusion this morning is that ...

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Power off, lights still on

Not sure if you have ever noticed that some fluorescent lights do glow in the dark for a while after you’ve turned off the power, that’s because the excited particles (ions) take time to give out the light (photon) after being excited by electrical energy. NEC has extended this behavior of fluorescence material and apply it to their new Hotalook-alpha ...

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