Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Solar Powered "Sticker Lamps" Offer Paper-Thin Illumination [Solar Power]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/434055396/solar-powered-sticker-lamps-offer-paper+thin-illumination

A 26 year old designer by the name of Keikko Lee has won South Korea's first ever international design competition thanks to his new take on interior lighting. Her concept involves a paper-thin "lamp" with electroluminescent material on one side and solar panels and sensors on the other. The material would be able to stick anywhere—from a window where it can gather light to a wall where it can illuminate a hallway.

It doesn't seem all that revolutionary at first glance (it reminds me of glow-in-the dark stickers), but I can see how being able to move a serious lightsource with such a small footprint around a room would give it an advantage over similar, more traditional products. Whether sticker lamps actually make it to the production stage remains to be seen. [SCMP and EarthTimes via Treehugger]