Vu1’s conceptual design for its R-30 bulb.
While compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are currently the primary alternative to incandescent light bulbs, a company from Seattle predicts that its own novel light bulbs will eventually replace CFLs and LEDs. Vu1 (“view one”) Corporation has been working on its electron stimulated luminescence (ESL) bulbs, and has recently released a demo video (below).
Continue reading… “Future of Light Bulbs May Be ESL’s”
Art Lebedev studio, acknowledged for the Optimus-branded keyboards and other input devices has come up with an extremely innovative traffic lights concept.
Continue reading… “Luxofor Square Traffic Light”
Now that we’re moving on from traditional lightbulbs to more eco-friendly designs, designers have much more freedom with what they do with light. Design house Hulger is tackling light bulbs as their next big object, using the twisting tubes as pieces of functional art that you won’t want to hide behind a shade.
Continue reading… “Eco-friendly Designer Lightbulbs”
Here’s a design concept that shows some unusual thinking on the part of its creator, Chris Natt: What if you fitted a smart lamp with petals that open and close like a flower? The result is Stimuli 3.0, a shape-shifting device that measures ambient light and adjusts its illumination accordingly, using a three-axis gearbox.
Continue reading… “A Lamp That Adjusts To the Environment”
The cultivation of flower bulb began more than 400 years ago and today Holland produces more than nine billion bulbs every year, of which two thirds are exported overseas.
Continue reading… “Amazing Fields Of Flowers”
