Apple was granted a couple of interesting patents today (spotted by AppleInsider), including one for multitouch surfaces embedded in devices that appear and disappear as needed, as well as a new cooli
<i><strong>Editor's note:</strong> <em>Sal Cangeloso is the editor of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.geek.com">Geek.com</a> and wrote a new book on an odd topic. It's called </em><em>LED Lighting
First, Japan got the world's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/11/panasonic-cloud-based-vegetable-growing-device/">first connected home garden device</a>, and now it's time for Nippon to get the
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/energystar-logo.png" class="shot2"></img> Today, Philips announced that their <a href="http://www.lighting.philips.com/us_en/products/led/ener
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bumblebee_lampshade.jpeg"><a HREF="http://www.lvxsystem.com/pages/WhatisVisibleLightCommunication/">Visible Light Communication</a> is a
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bulb-620x429.jpg" />One of the most annoying things about fluorescent bulbs (including their new and improved little brothers, the CFLs)
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/cafe2.jpg" />At the moment, if you're looking to move to more eco-friendly bulbs, your choices are compact fluorescents or LEDs. The trou
Previously, if you wanted to use an OLED display, you had to use a power adapter. The problem was that OLEDs required low voltage to light up, instead of the standard (in Europe) 230v system. Now, sci
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/beamatic.jpg" />Don't you just hate it when you are driving down the road at night, and that oncoming jackhole in the SUV can't be bother
<img alt="" src="http://www.lumenergi.com/images/logo_lumenergi.gif" class="alignright" width="204" height="117" /><a href="http://www.lumenergi.com/">Lumenergi</a> a Newark, Calif. business closed a
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<em>Nani Kore</em> ("What's This?") is the name of a Japanese TV show that digs up bizarre things and phenomena observ
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/readlinglamp1.jpg" />In one of those rare collisions of good design and practicality, this lamp appears to be the perfect thing for your
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/43301_1_468jpeg.jpg" />When you hit the switch on a lamp, you probably have some preconceived notions about where the light is going to c
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/300h.jpg" />As we move away (as a species) from wasteful incandescent bulbs, we're going to have to deal with some changes in how the wor
<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ikea.jpg" alt="ikea" />In case you hadn't heard, Ikea is on the solar bandwagon. After pumping $75 million into various environmentally-susta
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fring.png" />Regardless of what camera you use, a ring flash can be expensive. And for macro photography, there's nothing better. But let
Toshiba Japan has developed an LED that emits UV light with 50% higher efficiency than conventional LEDs. The problem with existing white LEDs is that they are made by coating phosphors on blue LEDs a
Japanese newspapers are reporting today that Mitsui Kinzoku, an Osaka-based mining and smelting company, might have paved the way to more powerful and ecological LEDs in the future. The key is a mix b
Or maybe in 10 years or so. Designer Ingo Maurer has come up with a nice-looking lamp utilizing custom OLED panels created by Opto Semiconductors. The panels are quite small: 132x33mm, or a bit more t
http://i.zdnet.com/flash/cnb_video.swf It’s the size of a Tic Tac, but it puts out as much light as an average street lamp. It uses new kinds of technology that’s vastly more efficient tha
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