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Top Five Designs For Lighting Or Lamps

Posted on April 8, 2012 by David Allen
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We all need light at work and at home, but in today’s hi-tech world it seems that even interior lighting comes with an edge and this is something that we are liking very much! So in this Top Five we are going to be looking at some serious lamps, all of which offer light and yet they are cool by design. There is something for everyone here and in fact, it seems that this is an area that we will be revisiting simply because of the amount of lamps and lighting available.

The Lamp with a power socket

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Top Five Gadgets That Use A Laser In Some Way

Posted on December 21, 2011 by David Allen
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Lasers are really impressive and versatile, they may not live up to the reputation of science fiction, but never the less a laser can be many things such as a tool, cutter and of course a special light used in displays. So in this Top Five we are going to be looking at what lasers can offer the consumer, it may be available right now or just an idea, but it has to have a laser in there somewhere to make the list.

Interactive laser style T Shirt

This is something that’s really different from any other T Shirt around, first of all its interactive and secondly it has a cool las

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Top Five Gadgets That Use An LED in Some Way

Posted on December 11, 2011 by David Allen
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The LED or light emitting diode is basically a semiconductor source of light and that is what makes it very interesting when used with eco friendly power source, these two have been made for each other and now the cost of materials is falling, it means that we are seeing more products with LED’s coming to the market. In this Top Five, we are looking at cool gadgets that feature an LED, so basically these are going to be lamps and lights of some description.

LED lamp that looks like a leaf

This design is based on nature, its uses the sun for power and has the design featu

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Top Five Gadgets That Are Just For Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2011 by David Allen
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The great thing about Christmas and this time of the year in general is the amount of gadgets that appear on the market. Some are new and some are classics, but they all add a bit of excitement to these dull and cold days. In this Top Five, we are going to be looking at some cool gadgets all of which have a Christmas theme, because it is that wonderful time of the year, again!

Cool Christmas card with LED light

Here is a very interesting and low cost idea, it appears to be a flat festive card that is sent to family and friends, but built within the card is a LED light that pul

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Top Five Ideas For Geeky Style Christmas Decorations

Posted on November 20, 2011 by David Allen
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Just because the festive season it about to get under way, there is no reason to be stuck in the past with traditional decorations when you can add some hi tech styling into your festive celebrations. In this Top Five, we will be looking at how some of the latest technology and designs have been used to add a modern edge to how the home or office is decorated this festive season.

Cool wreath with LED’s

Check out this wreath, its right for the holidays, offering a bit of 8 bit design and this decoration even comes with its own flickering LED’s to get the festive sea

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Top Five Cool Gadgets That Use LED’s In Some Way

Posted on November 9, 2011 by David Allen
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LED’s or to give them their proper name light emitting diodes are quite fantastic, these low powered yet bright lights can be found almost anywhere now as the production costs fall and so that gives us the chance to see some brilliant ideas at work. In this Top Five, we are looking at a cross section of what is around, but future Top Fives will look at more specific devices that use LED’s.

Living art cube with LED’s

This is something that can relax, invigorate and mesmerize the person looking at it, depending on the settings and location. It contains sixty fo

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Top Five Gadget Ideas Just For Christmas

Posted on November 8, 2011 by David Allen
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It is that time of year again, the adverts on TV and the displays in stores tell us that we are in the Christmas countdown zone and therefore through the lead up to the big day, occasionally out Top Five will be featuring some of coolest ideas on offer. In this list we are looking at some of the more interesting aspects of design, but later we will be more specific in our choices.

Death Star tree ornament

Somehow, you would not normally expect to find a Death Star from Star Wars hanging on the Christmas tree, but if the tree is in the home of a fan, and then it would simply be

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Top Five Concept Design Smoke Detectors

Posted on October 23, 2011 by David Allen
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Smoke detectors save lives there is no doubt about that and yet money homes still rely on old detectors and in many cases fail to check if they are still working at all either. Designers have even taken on the smoke detector as a project in order to come up with ways to improve the device and maybe even encourage people to switch to a more expensive version. In this Top Five, we are looking at some of the more interesting and different designs for smoke detectors.

Bird style smoke detector

Apparently, the Chick-a-Dee is a bird that has an ear splitting warning call when there

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Top Five Ideas To Make Halloween Feel Real

Posted on October 13, 2011 by David Allen
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It is that time of year where we start getting all sorts of festivals and events leading up to Christmas. Halloween starts it off, this dark day where evil walks the earth and kids just love it. Halloween has become a major event with schools, clubs and neighbourhoods getting together in order to dress up and party. In this Top Five we are looking at here all have something to do with Halloween and there is a touch of gadgetry thrown in there for good measure too.

Get into the Halloween spirit

Let everyone know that you are getting into the spirit of Halloween with this intere

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Top Five Gadgets That Produce Light In Some Way

Posted on August 18, 2011 by David Allen
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For us light offers security and safety, without light out lives would be entirely different and yet lights and lighting consume huge amounts of power so there has to be another way of delivering light to the end user. One of these ways is by using LED’s and the other is just by careful design. This is my Top Five gadgets that produce or deliver light in an efficient manner.

The Mathos Mini Wind Powered Light

This is a simple and yet very effective idea that not only provides a nice lighting effect, it requires no batteries or main power, this is because this light is po

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