The animated gif below shows a pretty amazing 3D illusion created using nothing more than ordinary Christmas lights laid out on the floor. Viewed at the correct angle, the lights appear to be a three-dimensional box.
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Bioluminescent microorganisms in our oceans – nature’s beautiful palette of sea sparkles
It’s a hauntingly beautiful phenomenon created by an unusually high concentration of Noctiluca scintillans (or Sea Sparkles), a single-celled bioluminescent algae of the dinoflagellate species that turns the water a brilliant, glowing, ethereal blue. Floating in swarms of millions and feeding on plankton and bacteria, it is believed that the Sea Sparkles generate their glow…
The world’s oldest lightbulb that still works has been burning for over 112 years
At Fire Station 6, in Livermore, California, there burns a lightbulb that has survived several moves, varying voltage, and even earthquakes – and as of June 2012, it has been burning for over 112 years. In 1900, Adolphe A. Chailet and his company Shelby Electric Company, was a competitor of Thomas Edison and sought to…
Tron effect – new sports court floor technology allows projection of video and images from underneath flooring
Germany’s ASB Systembau GMBH has developed a new clear flooring using a semi-opaque ceramic finish to produce a floor that “does not reflect too much light to be a distraction but still gives a slight reflection which compares to the effect marble has on the eye.” The flooring is indeed beautiful but what makes it…
New “gravity light” provides 30 seconds of LED lighting from 3-second pull of a string
A new lighting product, GravityLight, allows an LED to run for 30 seconds from a 3-second pull of a string. The light has been designed for developing countries where sophisticated power grids are non-existent and technologies such as batteries and solar power are cost prohibitive. The kit includes an LED lamp and a sack that…
Christmas light installer vents frustrations by hiding pictures and messages in his lighting display
Christmas lighting ideas: Cool bedroom/desk light sets for Geeks
Yeah Baby! Wi-Fi controlled light bulbs, each with its own IP address, so I never have to leave my couch!
Greenwave Reality is set to roll out Wi-Fi controlled light bulbs which will allow you to control your lighting with a hand-held remote or your smartphone or tablet device. The wireless LED lighting kit includes four 40-watt equivalent bulbs, a remote control, and a gateway box that you connect to your home router. Each bulb…









