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GE’s Solar Powered Carousel: The Carousolar

Lightopia — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:10 +0000

How much energy do you think it takes to run a carousel for 10 hours? The horses, the lights, the music, the spinning; it probably utilizes much more energy than running an average home for 10 hours. Using a 1926 … Continue reading →

Ivolia’s Sustainable Light Bulb Packaging

Lightopia — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:55 +0000

Ivolia’s new collection of LED lamps incorporate a new type of packaging into a new world of lighting. On a mission to create an unparalleled packaging design the Czech Republic based design studio Agency DePOT Design uses originality and ecology … Continue reading →

NASA’s 3D Food Printer: Insects, Grass & Algae Pizza

Lightopia — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:03 +0000

NASA’s 3D food printer? Sure that may remind some of astronaut’s ice cream, but it may really not what you think. Within 6 months NASA has plans to print pizzas made from three layers of nutritional powders, oil and water. … Continue reading →

Switch Candle: Auto-Light Your Candles

Lightopia — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:24:16 +0000

This modern spin on the everyday candle incorporates a design that uses an auto-lighting option to solve the lazy man’s problem of lighting candles. Practical with an essence of super low-tech this modern day candle rig even has a dimmer … Continue reading →

ALFI’s FireHotTub: The Grill & Lounge Hot Tub

Lightopia — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:22 +0000

Back in the 1960′s wood fired hot tubs began to emerge in all sorts of alternative communities. Using not much more than firewood, outdoor hot tubs were able to get hot enough for an outdoor midnight lounge session even in … Continue reading →

Helios LED Bike Blinkers: Get Noticed!

Lightopia — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:25 +0000

Many adventurers and average street wanders love the thrill of abandoning the gas guzzling car for a ride on the ol’ bicycle. Cheap, easy to manuver and sometimes faster than rush hour traffic, the bicycle can merge your commuter trip … Continue reading →

Adafruit’s Motion-Activated LED Sparkle Skirt

Lightopia — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:40 +0000

Would you like to get more attention while you walk? Like an imaginary runway these motion activated LED lights by Becky Stern Director of Adafruit wearable electronics, allow you to gather subtle glimmering attention while walking. This sparkle skirt uses … Continue reading →

Turn Your Bathtub Into an Underwater Disco

Lightopia — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:46 +0000

This Underwater Disco Light is sure to liven up that boring old bathtub experience. With just a petite floating light gizmo, bathers are able to turn their bathtub into a light show with multi-colored light sequences. The bottom and the … Continue reading →

Architecture for Humanity: Rebuilding the World

Lightopia — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:56 +0000

Each year an estimated 100,000 people directly benefit from the time and expertise that Architecture for Humanity provides for community groups, aid organizations, housing developers, government agencies, corporate divisions, and foundations in dire need.Just their advocacy, training and outreach programs … Continue reading →

The Royal Fig Leaf Wardrobe: 616 Hand-Painted Fig-Leaves

Lightopia — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:14 +0000

In a wardrobe deemed fit for royalty, this impressive design stimulates feelings of nature and the days of the past. Made from 616 handcrafted individual metal painted enamel fig leaves, this is said to be one of the largest wardrobe … Continue reading →