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Timing Your Lights
The idea is pretty direct and in-your-face….we need to conserve our electricity and can’t have you squandering it away. So how do we implement this? By taking tiny innovative steps, like introducing a timer concept for our lights; especially for the ones on the staircase. A device called the Flat Light does just this, the LED Hourglass interface is quite indicative of its intentions. Once the LED grains reach the bottom, time’s up and lights out! I wonder if you can set the time limits for the whole system, in advance. Question is, are you willing to make the necessary changes to conserve?
The Flat Light won a Liteon Award this year!
Designer: Jia Wen Chen & Wei-Ting Chen
25 Comments »
eno says
nice idea!
but something that does the same is already on the market.. why sould people buy this one?
laupforod says
awesome , awesome. if i can preset the time ( 30sec-1hr) say in a bedroom or a living room. i would replace all my lightswitches.
mif991 says
Nice, what is the cost?
eno says
nice idea!
but something that does the same is already on the market.. why sould people buy this one?
laupforod says
awesome , awesome. if i can preset the time ( 30sec-1hr) say in a bedroom or a living room. i would replace all my lightswitches.
mif991 says
Nice, what is the cost?
Sherman Unkefer says
Beautiful design but I feel like I've seen this before.
Sherman Unkefer says
Beautiful design but I feel like I've seen this before.
Eder. BR says
the concept and good!
The idea you have only the light necessary for a time, without bothering to turn off, and the analogy of the hourglass design that makes the time spent energy is great.
suddenly could do this in turn need .. only with a presence sensor.!
Eder. BR says
the concept and good!
The idea you have only the light necessary for a time, without bothering to turn off, and the analogy of the hourglass design that makes the time spent energy is great.
suddenly could do this in turn need .. only with a presence sensor.!
garrettceriano says
This is a nice concept but…Motion detection units do a better job.
garrettceriano says
This is a nice concept but…Motion detection units do a better job.
DLbingo says
well…. this self-timed switches are widely used in eastern China. This is just a beautiful version of that, not really original.
DLbingo says
well…. this self-timed switches are widely used in eastern China. This is just a beautiful version of that, not really original.
Adam says
My apartment building is outfitted with timed light switches in the halls.
This one is much more aesthetically pleasant though, but in the end, I think I would stick with the ones that we already have –
you just have to touch them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to twist the ones pictured above. This is a minor hassle when you're walking a path with maximized efficiency, not wasting one movement from practiced repetition.
Adam says
My apartment building is outfitted with timed light switches in the halls.
This one is much more aesthetically pleasant though, but in the end, I think I would stick with the ones that we already have -
you just have to touch them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to twist the ones pictured above. This is a minor hassle when you're walking a path with maximized efficiency, not wasting one movement from practiced repetition.
peet says
pretty cool…I'd add dip switches to the back so you can change the range of the switch .eg. seconds, minutes, hours…
peet says
pretty cool…I'd add dip switches to the back so you can change the range of the switch .eg. seconds, minutes, hours…
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