Jan 27 2011
Solar Lamps Empower the Poor
One student who grew up in a rural African village invents a solar lamp that could help thousands.
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Dec 06 2010
Bend Desk’s Entire Work Station Is a Touch Screen
Office drones of the near future may do their work from a work station that is one huge multi-touch display.
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Nov 30 2010
Tech That Lights Up the Whole Ceiling
Lasers are making a magical kind of LED turn all surfaces into light sources.
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Nov 24 2010
Adaptive Lighting Could Slash Electricity Bills
A business card-size device monitors available light and makes adjusts as needed.
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Nov 24 2010
Glowing Trees To Replace Glowing Lamps
Nanoparticles turn a material that normally absorbs light into stuff that emits light.
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Oct 27 2010
Carve A Pumpkin? Pffff! Use LEDs
Jack-o-Lanterns are going digital. It is the 21st Century, after all.
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Jul 22 2010
Solar Lightbulbs Could Replace Kerosene Lanterns
New solar lightbulbs from Denver startup Nokero could be the final nail in kerosene's coffin.
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Apr 26 2010
Night Vision Coming Soon To Cell Phones, Eyeglasses
The illuminating power of bulky night vision goggles could soon be widely available thanks to a new, paper thin device.
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Apr 13 2010
‘Touch Floor’: An iPad for Your Feet
iPad? So yesterday. Why waste your time with a laptop-sized touch-screen when you can make the entire floor of a room in your house one giant iPad?! At least, that's what one tech company is hoping for. Patrick Baudisch and ...
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Mar 08 2010
Mini Helicopters Create Flying Display
This has got to be one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a while: Miniature helicopters with LED lights flying in a pattern that creates a display in the air. Think of each helicopter acting as a pixel on ...
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