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Flashlights and Handhelds

A Homeless Lighting Story

Posted by Jim - August 4, 2010 - Flashlights and Handhelds, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com

Something happened to me this morning that might have changed my life a little. I went out to my truck this morning to go get a cup of coffee, and on the way there I was confronted by a man coming from the city bus terminal.  I was a bit thrown off by this because [...]

Read More chance, flashlight, homeless, random, Solar, solar flashlight

The SEL – Sustainable Emergency Light

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

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 [...]

Read More chemical luminescence, handheld, Jonathan Janke, portable lighting, SEL, sustainable, Sustainable Emergency Light

Soap – A Portable Light

Posted by Jim - January 28, 2010 - 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 [...]

Read More handheld, Jieun Kim, Jiyeon Ahn, Luca 12:00, Soap Light

Hey, Can You Grab Me A Tube of… LIGHT?

Posted by Jim - September 10, 2009 - 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 [...]

Read More flashlight, handheld, LED, LED Torch, tube, Vadim Kibardin

Infrared Flashlight Video Recorder. What?

Posted by Jim - April 6, 2009 - 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 [...]

Read More Andy Dick, flashlight, Hammacher Schlemmer, infrared, LED

Lavrans Laading and his Mechanical Flashlight

Posted by Jim - April 3, 2009 - 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.  [...]

Read More flashlight, Lavrans Laading, mechanical flashlight

The US Deep Caving Team Chooses Underwater Kinetics

Posted by Jim - March 17, 2009 - 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 [...]

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

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When a beam of light hits a surface and is turned away, we call it reflection.  When a beam bends (changes speed) in a medium, it's called refraction.

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