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Ultracapacitor flashlight uses no batteries and recharges in 90 seconds
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Few things are more frustrating than grabbing your flashlight in an emergency, and getting little more than a dim glow because the batteries are dead. Even modern rechargeable LED flashlights need hours to take a full charge, and lose a little running time with each battery cycle.
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Moon Jar Solar Powered Lamp
inhabitots.com — If you've ever wished you could bottle moonlight to illuminate your room at night, the Moon Jar is your answer. A spin-off of the extremely popular Sun Jar lamp by Tobias Wong, the Moon Jar is a frosted mason jar with a solar panel and an LED light inside. Put it on your windowsill to soak up the sun rays ...More ( Flashlights )
Fiber Optic Light Glove brings spotlight or floodlight right where you need it
gizmowatch.com — Never mind strapping a flashlight to your head like an old miner, or around your ear like a Borg this fiber optic light glove brings the light literally to your fingertips. Powered by a battery pack embedded in its wristband, the light source is also in the wrist band, directed by fiber optic pipes to either shine a shadow-free spotlight ...More ( Flashlights )
DIY - Cheap flashlight turned into a torchwatch!
When tinkering with our home theater stuff, we often need a good, bright (but small) flashlight to sort things out in that spaghetti bowl of cables. But who wants to spend three hundred bucks on one of those super-bright cop ...More ( Flashlights )
Solar Deck Lights keep you from tripping down the steps
coolest-gadgets.com — If youre worried about family slipping on the steps to your deck at night, these little lights can light the edges of each one. Then again they may end up stepping on the light itself and slipping anyway if theyre overly clumsy. These small lights attach to the step and are solar powered. Each disk shines light in four different ...More ( Flashlights )
LED tile lighting
coroflot.com — The idea of LED-embedded tiles has useful written all over it. But unless youre completely remodeling, theyre going to give you some installation challenges. This Tile + Light concept created by Korean designer Hyomi Kim makes it easier, with snap-together tiles in four different shapes, letting you change the design of the lit-up tile show at your whim.More ( Flashlights )
daggersLightpipes Add Some Color To Your Creepy Basement
ohgizmo.com — Here's some lights to make your underground lair that much more ominous. These cool pipes appear to just sit on the floor and give the appearance that they go straight through the wall, however, you wont need to mess with cutting holes or anything, as you just set them where you like.More ( Flashlights )
LED flashlight can talk you through basic CPR
bookofjoe.com — Here's a survival product combo we never thought of: an LED flashlight that talks you through the basic steps of CPR. It sort of makes sense, at least: high-efficiency LED in an ultra-compact AAA battery-based design that will talk you through an important emergency skill while the world crumbles around you. The whole flashlight measures 4-inches in length and sports ...More ( Flashlights )
Forget the bulb: worlds first illuminating glass
inhabitat.com — I can't wait to see the flashlight applications from this stuff.. Using planilum technology, these plates are the worlds first active light-emitting glass. Incorporated into shelves and tables, the technology provides beautiful, understated lighting for living spaces as well as future lighting application.More ( Flashlights )
New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge
ecoble.com — How about a glowing light source that lasts for 15 years instead of the typical 15 minutes of a glowstick ? GlowPaints newest product does just that and is also non-toxic and inexpensive and doesn't require a recharge via solar or electrical sources for its entire lifespan.More ( Flashlights )