Beam is a Kickstarter project that integrates an LED pico projector, Android device, LED light (and presumably a AC/DC power supply) into a housing with an E26/27 socket. I like the concept because it supports my view that light sources … Continue reading beam: projector in a light “bulb”
Via Cool Hunting: A Kickstarter campaign for an interesting little design concept for a portable light cleverly disguised as a folding book. This is just amazing to me: This Kickstarter campaign raked in over a half-million in funding for an … Continue reading lumio
Via Cool Hunting — A cool Kickstarter campaign led by two Brooklyn-based creatives to develop glowing, interactive building blocks for children (it was successfully funded back in October). Very cool. I especially love the physical color mixing. According to the Tangeez site: … Continue reading tangeez
A crazy, totally sci-fi, yet very real Kickstarter project that is looking to splice bio-luminescence genes into plants to create glowing plants. This is great research: Radical, visionary, and a completely different way of thinking about how we live. It is … Continue reading glowing plants
Smart Things is essentially a home-automation system. But what makes Smart Things special is that it makes great use of contemporary technologies such as smart phones, cheap sensors, the Zigbee/Z-Wave standards, and cloud connectivity to move Ye Olde home-automation from … Continue reading smart things
Interesting article from BusinessWeek on Phil Bosua, who is leading the LIFX project on Kickstarter. My favorite quote: “They’ve been inundated with offers from venture capitalists who noticed the huge response online, Bosua says. He declined to name the VCs.” Continue reading lixf founder phil bosua
Pebble. LIFX. TikTok. Plus hundreds of art projects. Film projects. Games. What do they all have in common? As of yesterday, they’re all being sued by 3D Systems — at least in the court of public opinion. Yesterday, 3D Systems, … Continue reading 3D Systems just sued everyone who’s cool
Via Core77, there is currently a Kickstarter project called LIFX gaining lots of momentum for a WIFI-connected LED light bulb. OK, it is nice that this proves out lots of interest in intelligent lighting in the Kickstarter community, but don’t all … Continue reading lifx
Finally, a successful Kickstarter project in the lighting world: Loomi is an assemble-it-yourself pendant light from cut cardstock. The project is just the diffuser; combine it with a basic Edison socket fixture with an external screw thread mount. What I love about … Continue reading loomi
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