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Coming soon to an IKEA near you – light tiles! Wrapped into what funky shaped light or chair I don’t know, but IKEA just made a ‘strategic investment’ in Design LED Products, the company behind these flexible sheets of LEDs. Check out the video below for more, or read IKEA’s press release here.
GravityLight is a new LED-based lamp that is powered much like a cuckoo clock…a bag of sand (or anything weighing about 20lbs) is pulled down by gravity, generating electricity to power the LEDs for about half an hour. It’s a neat idea for developing countries. The project is being funded via indiegogo, and have already surpassed their funding goal (with 33 days left in the campaign).
(read more at FastCompany)
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