Practical as camping lights are, most aren’t much to look at by themselves. Solight Design is trying to change that with the Qwnn, an origami-inspired lantern that folds flat, charges via solar power and can also act as a power bank.
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Chronic skin ulcers such as those associated with diabetes are notoriously difficult to treat. As a result, we've seen experimental approaches such as spray-on skin, ultrasound band-aids, and silver-laced dressings. Now, scientists are getting very good results using a high-tech lamp.
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Not every cyclist can stow away their bikes in a garage. Apartment dwellers don't have much space indoors, but won't want to leave their bikes outside either. Italy's Vadolibero has combined a vertical bike rack with a floor lamp for a stylish solution to cycle storage in the home.
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Although it's since released various other products, Knog started out by making bike lights with integrated stretchy silicone straps. Now, with the 49-gram waterproof Bandicoot, the Australian company is taking the same approach to headlamps.
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Wearable safety lamps that take a more rounded approach in order to spread more light is something we've seen a bit of lately, but the OliLight takes things a little further by doubling as a personal rescue beacon should you get into trouble in the wilderness.
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Brooklyn-based designer Richard Clarkson has been experimenting with artificial cloud designs for several years now. His latest invention is the Floating Cloud – a magnetically levitating ambient lamp that flickers through different colored LED modes in response to the sound in a room.
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Amazon's Alexa has already found its way into a variety of products, and given its adaptability, it was only a matter of time before a light was added to the list. The C by GE Sol was teased last year, but the production version has now been unveiled sporting a slightly more slender design.
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As many parents will know, getting a teenager out of bed can be an impossible task. Thanks to furniture rental firm Furlenco, such trials may be about to get much harder. Its Pod merges a bed, lamp, flat screen TV and speaker system into one piece of funky millennial furniture.
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A light plunger. It sort of sounds like something from a sci-fi novel, doesn't it? In fact, it's a new product just launched on Kickstarter that looks like it combines the concept of a French coffee press with a table lamp, and lets users plunge the light to turn it on or off.
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UpLamp utilizes your smartphone's LED flash to create a diffuse light source perfect for bedtimes. The accompanying app lets you control the light using hand gestures and turn it on and off with a clap.
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