Archive for the ‘Flashlights and Handhelds’ Category

The SEL – Sustainable Emergency Light

February 3rd, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Flashlights and Handhelds, Lighting Technology, Lighting and the Environment, Lighting and the Human Element, chemiluminescence

Jonathan Janke has created an emergency light source that is pretty cool - it's chemically luminescent, creates no heat, is not affected by wind, and has the packaging material integrated into the design. Meet the Sustainable Emergency Light:The SEL is about as large as a large coffee mug, and creates about 24 hours of light. From the image above you might notice the four capsule-looking things on the top - those are the chemical activators. Once pushed, they add liquid to the lower container and create light. One of my favorite aspects of this fixture is that once it's reacted ... Read More»

Tags: chemical luminescence, handheld, Jonathan Janke, portable lighting, SEL, sustainable, Sustainable Emergency Light
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Soap – A Portable Light

January 28th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Accessories, Designers, Fixtures, Flashlights and Handhelds, Lighting Toys, Luminaire Design

That's right - a bar of light, er, soap, wait, no, it's a light. It's a light that looks like a bar of soap. A Soap Light. Jiyeon Ahn and Jieun Kim of the multidisciplinary design firm Luca 12:00 have created this handheld light, which, as you can imagine, fades up and out as you rub it in your hands. Yeah, that's right - and it sits in a soap dish looking holder, too.Crazy.Thanks, Yanko!

Tags: handheld, Jieun Kim, Jiyeon Ahn, Luca 12:00, Soap Light
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Hey, Can You Grab Me A Tube of… LIGHT?

September 10th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Designers, Fixtures, Flashlights and Handhelds, Gadgets, Innovation, LEDs, Lighting Design

We always talk about having a spray-on product that can erase stray beams of light in the Entertainment business, and my heart of hearts hopes that other industries experience the same problems. Our product was always called "Rosco Beam-Stop," or "GAM Beam-Away," or even something crass like "Lee one-go-%$#@-yourself, stray beam of light." Yeah, we're all adults here.Vadim Kibardin's design studio has produced something quite the opposite of stopping a beam with a spray of light. In fact, if you can stretch your mind a little, can't you see this product sitting next to the hair gel, toothpaste, window caulk, ... Read More»

Tags: flashlight, handheld, LED, LED Torch, tube, Vadim Kibardin
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Infrared Flashlight Video Recorder. What?

April 6th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Flashlights and Handhelds, LEDs, Lighting Toys, What?

Remember Hammacher Schlemmer? Their stuff is often in that magazine in the airline seat pocket that you pick up when your iPod died and you already read your US News twice already. You know, with the Stainless Steel Wallet and the Rear View Mirror Bluetooth Speakerphone with Deep Fryer. Or something.Well, guess what? They have an Infrared Flashlight Video Recorder, too. Dude, that's wackier than Andy Dick in a big pink clown suit. But you know someone on the red eye from Vegas to Boston looked at that and said "OMG! That Infrared Flashlight Video Recorder and the Lord of ... Read More»

Tags: Andy Dick, flashlight, Hammacher Schlemmer, infrared, LED
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Lavrans Laading and his Mechanical Flashlight

April 3rd, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Alternative Energy, Flashlights and Handhelds, Lighting Toys

Lavrans Laading invented a totally mechanical flashlight - the only thing that's electronic about it is the LED! No batteries, all mechanical - relying on a series of springs and a wind-up mechanism. The prototype of Lavrans' flashlight runs for up to 3 minutes on a charge, but is being engineered to have better numbers. The main point is that it's all mechanical - let's see how it goes.Check out the images - interesting form factor!Thanks, DesignBoom!

Tags: flashlight, Lavrans Laading, mechanical flashlight
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The US Deep Caving Team Chooses Underwater Kinetics

March 17th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Accessories, Flashlights and Handhelds, LEDs, Lighting Technology, Lighting Toys, Tools of the Trade

I just read a story that made me ask two questions - what is an eLED, and we have a United States Deep Caving Team?First, what is an eLED?In the case of this flashlight, eLED is essentially referring to the technology behind their power circuit; as the battery life decreases, the lumens and color temperature stay constant. I certainly thought they were talking about edge-emitting LEDs, which are in the same vein as injection laser diodes - they produce a narrow, high optical power beam.A company called Underwater Kinetics developed a high impact resistant, high output LED flashlight that is ... Read More»

Tags: compound paths optics, edge emitting LED, eLED, injection laser diode, opticsflashlight, Super Q, Underwater Kinetics
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