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A Light Up in Africa
Solar powered and good for 500 charges. First things last! Who is this product aimed at? Villagers. Impoverished or otherwise living without regular electricity. This is a light that allows people (children in school especially) read and work long after sundown where it would have been otherwise difficult to impossible.
Simple, nice.
The light is of course spelled LED and works in conjunction with a special anti-scratch coated perspex sheet. This sheet is placed on the page of the book making it possible to read in the dark.
The advanced 270mAh lithium-polymer battery provides light for 3.5 – 9 hours depending on brightness – there is a choice of high/middle/low dimming settings.
“My Reading Light” along with a slimmed down low-cost version, also in development, are expected to be available by autumn 2009. R U Down with the sheet of light?
It’s also important to mention that this particular design won an honorable mention for the 2009 Red Dot design awards. Boffo! Design: Shanghai Moma Industrial Product Design Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China (Wei Ding, Wen Gu) In-House Design: Philips Design.
Designer: Philips Design
18 Comments »
Carl says
a solution to a problem that does not exist. pure stocking filler gadget crap.
Amar says
The concept doesn’t sound well that people can study or read in case of power failure or after dusk, I mean to say in the context of books that can’t be read, if you wish read leaf of a paper that can be possible but not usable for the books…………..
Jeff says
In terms of design, how do you turn the page? Does it clip onto the book? Can I walk around while reading?
In terms of the reasoning behind it… Money better spent elsewhere.
mr hanky says
I would buy one. I always carry books around and read in the weirdest of places.
Student says
I had this idea 5 years ago!! I should start publishing things…
limey says
Perfect for a kindle where you don’t turn the pages
Alex says
http://www.lightwedge.com
They were available for at least 5 years now.
Alex says
Not to mention Sony e-Book Reader Light:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665480080
greg says
@carl what do you mean? “problem that does not exist”, are you trying to say that there are not areas around the world where people don’t have electricity and wish to read and do home work at night?
Free says
in my opinion, a hand crank flashlight will address the same problems at around the same cost, it will not only be more useful (as a light source in general) but more sturdy as well. give me a good flashlight over this any time.
lukia says
looks cool~
Logan says
This reminds me of the LIghtWedge product that was designed many moons ago and still selling…
http://www.lightwedge.com/
Jeremy says
where’s the solor panel?
if it’s just the ability to charge the batteries with solar power, then give the idea back to the original, http://www.lightwedge.com, which I’ve had for quite some time now.
and I know it’s just a demo pic, but the thing doesn’t even look big enough to view entire pages… lightwedge has different models, but all completely cover their intended sizes… this looks too big for mass market, and too small for quality hardbacks.
zhl says
can I buy one? please anwer me
zhl says
can I buy one? please anwer me
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