retroremakes
March 7th, 2010, 20:40
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_nissyoku-_01_zept2_58.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/nissyoku-_01_zept2_58.jpg)Things I thought of while viewing the solar eclipse-inspired Nissyoku lamp: GLaDOS, a glowing tennis ball and, oh yeah, a solar eclipse:
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_nissyoku-_07_i78dv_58.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/nissyoku-_07_i78dv_58.jpg)The designer says that unlike those fleeting solar eclipses we see in the sky, this lamp lasts for up to 10 years.
It's also capable of morphing from one simple shape to the next, and can be suspended from the ceiling, a la a chandelier, or placed on a table, where it will neither burn out your eyes nor damage your table.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_nissyoku-_10_zczbq_58.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/nissyoku-_10_zczbq_58.jpg)The light source, sadly, is not fusion or even fission, but a 5W LED in each of the two panels. [Igendesign (http://igendesign.wordpress.com/) via Design Blog (http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/solar-eclipse-inspired-nissyoku-lamp-illuminates-like-the-heavenly-body/)]
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/--z_Ib1VRAo/transforming-nissyoku-solar-eclipse-lamp-powered-by-led-not-fusion)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_nissyoku-_07_i78dv_58.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/nissyoku-_07_i78dv_58.jpg)The designer says that unlike those fleeting solar eclipses we see in the sky, this lamp lasts for up to 10 years.
It's also capable of morphing from one simple shape to the next, and can be suspended from the ceiling, a la a chandelier, or placed on a table, where it will neither burn out your eyes nor damage your table.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_nissyoku-_10_zczbq_58.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/nissyoku-_10_zczbq_58.jpg)The light source, sadly, is not fusion or even fission, but a 5W LED in each of the two panels. [Igendesign (http://igendesign.wordpress.com/) via Design Blog (http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/solar-eclipse-inspired-nissyoku-lamp-illuminates-like-the-heavenly-body/)]
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