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Solar-Powered LED Road Signs

By On May 29, 2007 · 2 Comments

The Canadian company Carmanah has introduced some new solar-powered LED road signs. The lights are completely self-contained and require no external wiring. The signs can often pay for themselves in a couple of years, due to the amount of energy they save.

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Aeonic LED Lamp

By On November 10, 2005 · Leave a Comment

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Philips’ New “Simplicity” LED Bulbs

By On November 6, 2005 · 1 Comment

The new LED light bulbs from Philips will change color and brightness with one touch, squeeze, or turn. They are also energy efficient and last 10-20 years. Good work. Expect to see these in coming months or years. More photos here.

These LED bulb designs are part of the

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Dynamo 3-LED Flashlight

By On September 27, 2005 · 1 Comment

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Perpetual Light For Your Pedals

By On July 17, 2005 · Leave a Comment

Pedalites are bike pedals with built-in LED lights, powered solely by your pedal power.

Pedalites stores the energy in a capacitor, and flashes only when you are moving. It actually flashes white to the front, red to the rear and amber to the side. Available for £49.99 ($87). Via [...]

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New Wind-Up LED Flashlight: The Illuminator

By On July 5, 2005 · 4 Comments

I have a “forever flashlight” — the kind that you shake for 20 seconds and get 5-10 minutes of light. This flashlight seems to be an improvement on that idea. It uses three ultra-bright LEDs. One minute of wind-up provides up to one hour of light. It’s available from [...]

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LED Light Bulb Replacements

By On May 16, 2005 · 22 Comments

LEDs are close to becoming metaefficient alternatives to regular light bulbs, but they are not quite there. Right now the brightest LED bulb is equivalent to a 25W incandescent bulb.

The bulb seen here has 36 LEDs and runs on 1W. That means it could run 10 hours a day for a whole year for [...]

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Efficient Booklight: LightWedge LED

By On October 13, 2004 · 4 Comments

The LightWedge is another LED book light. We like the night vision-friendly red LED illumination version. The light has two illumination modes, and can be changed at a touch. If it were not made of acrylic, it would be that much more meta-efficient. Takes four AAA batteries.

Thanks to [...]

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CMG Bonfire Camplight

By On July 28, 2004 · 1 Comment

Featuring the latest LED technology, CMG’s 3-ounce Bonfire Tent Light uses a proprietary LED circuit and a three-bulb cluster that will never burn out. Unlike a traditional candle lantern or fuel cell, this lightweight, packable and durable alternative has no open flame, no burning fuel and no breakable glass. Powered by a pair of AA [...]

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Brunton Lamplight

By On July 28, 2004 · Leave a Comment

The Brunton
Lamplight is a tiny but powerful LED-powered lamp and flashlight in one.
Brunton managed to focus a single LED light into a highly focused beam with
the Lamplight—plenty for finding a trail in the darkness or hunting
down the mouse that’s
been stealing from your [...]

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