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Got the time? With this snazzy Japanese invention, you’ll be hoping for strangers to stop you on the street to ask that very thing. The “Wasted Time” watch by TokyoFlash uses colorful RGB LEDs to create a futuristic and ever-changing display that takes telling time to the next level. Though the frenzied look of the Learn More

Winter is not necessarily the best time to visit New York City, especially if you’re a California native accustomed to west coast temperatures like myself. But thanks to artist Jim Campbell’s new LED light installation in Madison Square Park, I might have to bundle up and make the trip anyway. Scattered Light, as Campbell calls Learn More

A comparison between incandescent, CFL and LED lighting, and how you can be part of the solution.

Flying robotic 3D light art. Need I say more?  Clearly, MIT is at it again. This time, it’s a project called FlyFire, initiated by SENSEable City Laboratory in collaboration with ARES Lab (Aerospace Robotics and Embedded Systems Laboratory). Using a fleet of micro helicopters outfitted with color-changing LED lights, engineers have been able to create Learn More

You can make your office greener with a few simple solutions, such as switching to LED office lighting by replacing your current light bulbs with LEDs.

We’ve all seen them and (probably) laughed: tricked-out cars driving down the strip with glowing ground effects that make them look like hovering spacecrafts. Kind of ridiculous, but also kind of awesome, especially if you could just do it for a night without spending lots of money.  It turns out that, thanks to LED strip Learn More

Energy consumption increases in the fall and winter months. These 10 energy saving suggestions, including switching to LED home lighting, can reduce your energy use and costs

For those of you who struggled with carving your Jack-o-lantern this year, here’s an idea for next Halloween – why not decorate a pumpkin with color-changing LED lights? Of course there’s the easy way out, which entails etching your favorite design into an autumn gourd and then lighting it from the inside with a battery-powered Learn More

Professional photographers, videographers and cinematographers know that shooting with the right lighting on location can be a chore. Dragging heavy studio equipment with you wherever you go is costly and inconvenient. What’s worse, most traditional “hot shoe” (AKA camera-mounted) lighting equipment is hot and expensive to operate. (They don’t call it hot shoe for nothin’.) Learn More

The feet are one of the most neglected areas of the body, or at least they were, until LED lights came along. Now, thanks to the versatility, flexibility and lightweight nature of multicolored LED lights, feet everywhere are singing a happier tune. Laser Laces are made from flexible, battery-powered LED tubes that are both water Learn More