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Optical illusion hanging lamp
Glen Lewis-Steel's "Lee Light" is an excellent illuminated optical illusion.
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How to light-paint a skeleton
A phone, pen light, or LED is all you need to make this nifty long-exposure skeleton light drawing. Darren Pearson shows you how. (more…)
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Knomad Colab's pop-up public light art installations
Knomad Colab is a husband/wife team of light artists who travel the US creating public outdoor art installations, often accompanied by music. Here's a video where they discuss their work: (more…)
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Makeshift candles from household items
If the power goes out, Willow Haven Outdoor reminds us you might have some household items that would make a good candle. (more…)
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Beautiful light sculptures installed in remote locations
German artists Tarek Mawad and Friedrich van Schoor, aka 3hund, create beautiful works that juxtapose light forms with nature. Their latest, Lucid, is a hypnotic journey to remote places. All effects...
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Vintage lightbulbs with glowing sculptures inside
From the 1930s to the 1970s, Aerolux Light Corporation manufactured "artful gas-discharge light bulbs," lightbulbs containing tiny sculptures that glowed when switched on. From Wikipedia: Aerolux gas...
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DIY concrete lamps with LED string lights
Here's an inexpensive little project that's pretty easy and looks cool: LED-filled glass lights with concrete bases. Glen at DIY Creators takes you through the process. (more…)
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Daniel Chong takes gorgeous photos of Dubai skyscrapers above the fog
When the fog rolls into Dubai, photographer Daniel Cheong races to the nearest skyscraper to capture some remarkable photos. Day or night, the effect is otherworldly. (more…)
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Simple hand-drawn diagrams for improving your photos
Paul Schlemmer recently dug up some popular diagrams he made a while back to show how he lit some nice photos. He shares lots of tips and tricks, like how to use your phone's flashlight to give texture...
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Watch this short film of stunning in-camera light effects
FutureDeluxe created this gorgeous series of procedural animations, physical light, and projection based experiments, all of which is shot in camera. It feels like a dose of mushrooms that only lasts...
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LED log light
If you're a fan of both logs and lights, perhaps a log light would brighten your life. Owen Duggan crafts these beauties in western France. (more…)
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New camera shoots at 5 trillion frames per second
Reserachers at Lund Univeristy in Sweden have developed a camera that captures images at a rate equivalent to 5 trillion frames per second, quintupling the previous high mark. (more…)
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How to make this lovely color-shifting crystal lamp
Hitting the base of a large piece of inexpensive crystal with some LED lights gives a remarkable and lovely effect in this howto video by DIYPerks. (more…)
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LED lighting for your tent
These easy to hang LED lanterns are great camping, working under a car, or really anyplace that is dark! Invariably I am searching my tent or van for some small item I critically need, but can not...
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Watch artist Flynn Talbot blend sculpture, fabric, and light
Australian-born artist Flynn Talbot is currently exhibiting Reflection Room, a large installation with cool and warm lights meant to evoke the sun setting on the ocean in his hometown of Perth. (more…)
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Researchers infuse plants with chemicals to glow for hours
MIT researchers have figured out how to infuse common plants like watercress and arugula with luciferase, the chemical that makes fireflies glow. The process make the plants emit a dim glow for up to...
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Watch the world's brightest flashlight burn stuff
What happens when a 32,000-lumen flashlight gets concentrated through a magnifying glass or a fresnel lens? Some cool optics, but not a lot of burning. (more…)
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Artist creates curly wire sculptures that spell words with their shadows
Sculptor Fred Eerdekens created aluminum and copper works that look like abstract squiggles until lit from the right angle. When lit just right, each spells out a word. (more…)
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Explore what London looks like in infrared
Invisible London is a great primer on infrared filmmaking, with lovely shots of London as the backdrop. (more…)
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Watch this short film on the art of making neon signs
This short documentary visits Lite Brite Neon in New York to see how neon lights come to life, with a piece being made from start to finish. (more…)
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Watch how to use light to move matter
Before he demonstrates an elaborate example of using a laser to push an object, The Action Lab gives an accessible overview of light physics and relativistic mass. (more…)
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Watch this kinetic chandelier in all its shape-shifting glory
This interactive kinetic chandelier seems like a flower or a sea creature with its graceful waves of syncrhonized movement. (more…)
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Here's why the metalloid germanium is used for infrared camera lenses
In the visible light spectrum, standard glass is almost completely transparent, and the metalloid germanium is almost completely opaque. But in infrared light, the opposite is true. Here's another...
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Watch what happens when light hits a bunch of trichroic cubes
Dichroic and trichroic prisms have interesting qualities that make them useful in certain kinds of image capture systems. They are also cool to play around with in the dark. Here's another nice demo:...
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Cheap window film fills my home with trippy light
This multi-colored, static-cling window film beautifies my home for a minimal investment. Renovating a fairly beat down early 1900s Craftsman shotgun shack left me pretty exhausted. After having dealt...
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Tron-themed car has glowing paint that can switch on and off
Since we previously posted about LumiLor, it's gone from lab testing to real-world applications, like this car's Tron-themed paint job that appears at the flip of a switch. Here are some other recent...
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Amazing demo of the world's glowiest glow-in-the-dark paint
To follow up to his ultra-black room, James at Action Lab did up a room with LIT pigment, the highest-lumen glow-in-the-dark pigment. Then he blasted it with a 100,000 lumen flashlight. Very cool! He...
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Cheap LED screw bulbs are making our homes look gray and depressing
If you buy an LED screw bulb, already the default on many store shelves, it will likely be a piece of junk presenting a low color spectrum and inferior longevity. The mix of colored diodes in the bulb...
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I joined the great LED Lightbulb debate on the Brian Lehrer Show
A little over two weeks ago, writer Tom Scocca published a story on LED light bulbs for New York Magazine that went surprisingly viral (previous BoingBoing coverage here). Apparently, a lot of people...
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Psychedelic film from the 1940s, featuring Bing Crosby, used to treat mental...
In the 1940s, British psychologist Cecil Stokes created Auroratone films, deeply psychedelic short movies meant to be shown at psychiatric institutions to help treat patients suffering from mental...
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