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Sometimes the best place to hide your cash and other small valuables is in a place that is so obvious that the thief would never look.  The LED Closet Safe Light appears to be yet another one of those crappy, stick on, battery operated lights.  But hidden inside the body is a small compartment for storing the goods.  Best of all the light actually works and shines oh so bright thanks to the 6 LEDs. …Continue reading: No Thief Would Ever Suspect The LED Closet Safe Light

Dynamo powered lights have been around almost as long as the bicycle has had gears.  One problem?  Most if not all of them had to make physical contact with a spinning wheel to be powered, that is until now.  Enter the Magtenlight.  It uses the same dynamo tech, but instead of a physical spinning apparatus it uses 28 magnets attached to the bike’s spokes.  As they pass by the dynamo, power is generated and the included lights are lit.  No physical contact, no friction, no slow down. …Continue reading: Magtenlight: Magnetically Powered Bike Lights

File this under wacky; it’s a WiFi lamp from Onda Communications.  In other words someone took a 70s looking bedside light and stuffed it with a router, at least that’s what I’m picking up.  According to a snapshot of the product manual it’s designed to work with Power Line technology, which transmits data over your home’s electrical wires.

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The Firefly light rethinks the rear bike light and adds additional safety to the already popular illumination tool.

Instead of just flashing red, the Firefly uses infrared sensors to detect when there is an approaching vehicle and not only increases its intensity but distributes light onto the rider’s back.  Additionally, a set of LEDs light the ground around the bicyclist creating a sort of halo effect, which should enable drivers and other cyclist to more easily judge their distance and size.  Last but not least, it’s designer has also integrated a power port on the Firefly for powering devices or other lighting accessories.

Right now the Firefly is  a concept only and is part of the James Dyson Awards.  But I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw this thing go retail sometime later this year.

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I just moved houses and putting aside the decorating and furniture buying, lighting a place properly can be an agonizing experience.  The Philips Living Color light, now on its second iteration, is now available for purchase for $200 from Hammacher and Amazon.  It can produce over 16 million colors using 7 LEDs and an includes a remote with an Apple like color wheel that lets you blast through a wide array of colors, hues and brightnesses.  And because it uses LEDs it can operate off 3 AAA batteries or the good old wall socket.

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While I’m not convinced that’s AltusLumen GRE light an 18-in-1 device, there most certainly does seem to be some versatility in the small and compact package.  In addition to a kick stand the Gre’s casing stores an aluminum whistle and a storage compartment for containing such things as needles & thread, fish hooks & string or surgical blades.  They’ve also tossed in a 10-in-1 stainless steel multitool that features a can opener, knife, screwdriver, saw, cap opener, position wrench, butterfly screw wrench, 2 position wrench, ruler and direction indicator.  Battery power comes by way of 4 AAA batteries which are said to be good for up to 6 hours of illumination, rain or shine. Not too shabby for $30.

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You’ve got to admit, that the whole concept of carrying a purse is a little strange.  A big handbag that opens in the center?  That’s just kind of a faulty design.  After all, how are you supposed to see anything in there?  What you really need is something that opens up from the side so you can see right away what’s there.

Or, conversely, you could shell out $17.95 and get your hands on a pack of three Purse Lights in your choice of colors.  They’re LED lights in one of six colors–pink, blue, black, zebra, chrome or leopard–that attached to the inside of your purse and click on at the touch of a button.  The LED light illuminates the cavernous inside of your purse and allows you to see all the way inside, so you can quickly find whatever’s in there. …Continue reading: Purse Lights Let You Get To The Bottom Of Your Purse

For those of you who are obsessed with Guitar Hero and or Rock Band and have a room entirely dedicated to your virtual stardom comes the HexoLight from RockGear.  The LED lighting system is an interlocking honeycomb style rig allowing you can continuously add more lights to your array.

The lighting system works independently from your gaming console as the control unit has an internal microphone that makes the lights to blink to the beat.  A basic 3 light unit runs at $30, making it a not so wallet busting gift idea.  The one picture above is $120.  Not sure if they come with any mounting accessories. …Continue reading: RockGear Sound Activated HexoLight To Pimp Out Your Virtual Arena

If you’ve ever been in bed at night longing for a good read, but sick of all the various book lights out there–they sit on the nightstand, they hook the book, maybe you’ve tried head lamps or resting the light on your shoulder.  Well, Amazon has heard your pleas for a better alternative, and over there, you can buy yourself the Huglight.

Just $15.00 on Amazon gets you what may well be one of the most versatile booklights of all time, with the ability to wrap it around your neck and provide light in most any direction thanks to its flexible frame construction.  You can bend it into a bedside lamp or wrap it around your wrist for jobs that need light in tight spaces, and there are plenty of alternatives where that came from.

There are a whole lot of uses for something great like this, and I’m sure you can already think of several.  And they probably don’t all involve a copy of Jurassic Park in bed, either.

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The paperclip is one of those timeless inventions I think of when I’m having a not so smart day.  Now morphed into another invention, the PaperClip Lamp looks like your everyday giant sized paperclip, but it is also a fun LED desktop lamp.

No word on the true reality of this product as price and availability is unknown at this time.  Embracing a highly stylized design I could see this product being a sleek addition to your desktop scenario.  Now, who invented the question mark?

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