Innovative Technology

A cozier LED bulb may be available in the near future, thanks to German researchers. Scientists from Dresden University of Technology in Germany are striving to create energy efficient organic LED (OLED) lights that could rival incandescent bulbs in white-light color quality. One of the major complaints consumers report when dealing with LED light bulbs Learn More

A good friend of mine, interior designer Erinn Valencich, recently went to the Maison de Objet (Home and Fashion) show in Paris. (I’m totally not jealous, I promise.) Keep in mind that in her line of work, Erinn is regularly exposed to cutting edge home décor products and trends; she’s a bit of a tastemaker Learn More

Yep, you read it correctly. Scientists from UC San Diego have figured out how to make bacteria glow. The Los Angeles Times is calling it a “living LED screen” made up of “biopixels,” AKA fluorescent, flashing E. coli bacteria. It began in 2008 when lead researcher biology and bioengineering professor Jeff Hasty published a paper Learn More

Ah, technology. Over the past few months, this blog has covered some of the amazing technological advances that scientists have achieved thanks to LED lights: LED contact lenses with smart phone capabilities, LED lights that effect mood, flexible LED sheets that might replace touch screen technology, infrared LED ribbon that grows plants in space, LED Learn More

No, these are not your typical throw-some-lights-on-a-bush-and-call-it-a-day holiday displays. These DIY hackers, geeks and freaks have taken the “festival of lights” concept to a whole new level. Combining high tech LED lighting systems with audio/visual choreography and a healthy dose of ingenuity, these families know how to get Christmas and Hanukah done right. Enjoy, and Learn More

Organic Electric—the name is fitting for this series of LED art works by Jason Krugman, as it features flexible LED mesh that’s been hand-soldered into 3-dimensional shapes that animate and respond when touched. The pieces beautifully blur the line between the living world and the digital realm. According to Creative Applications, the series is “an Learn More

Just in time for the holidays, an LED light-equipped jacket that knows when to quit, even if you don’t. Let’s face it, the holidays are a time of year when over-indulgence is encouraged, even expected. Even if you don’t like to imbibe, you probably know someone who does. This tendency becomes problematic when, besides guzzling Learn More

Dynamic. Shapeshifting. Incredible. These are all words used to describe the winning design in this year’s Building to Building Pedestrian Bridge International Challenge. By the looks of it, I’d have to agree that this design is nothing short of amazing, even though it’s still in “what if” form. From Barcelona-based design team Sanzpont, the proposed Learn More

Full disclosure: this idea is still in the conceptual phase, so none of these designs actually exist in reality…yet. Nonetheless, it caught my attention because it does address some ways in which as a society, we could harness our expended or “wasted” energy, and turn it into useable power. With “Energyme,” Dido Studio proposes to Learn More

We may not want to admit it, but it’s true. We’re becoming very used to the idea of a tailored life experience. Smart phones, laptops and GPS navigation systems are personalized to reflect and respond to individual lifestyles, preferences, moods and locations. No matter what you believe about how this phenomenon might affect us socially Learn More