A U.S. graduate student won second place in a "Greener Gadgets Conference" competition inventing a floor lamp powered by gravity. Clay Moulton of Springfield, Va., who received his master's of science ...

When we go home tonight to fix up supper or read a good book, we may take for granted our ability to generate heat and light with the simple flick of a switch. In some parts of the world, however, ...

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This “Gravity” lamp from one of our favorite design houses Front is a concept design that detects when you enter and exit a room, perking up straight and shining brightly upon your arrival, and slowly ...

A lamp for $5 that does not require any electrical power source? It may sound like an impossible dream, but two designers in London have built functioning prototypes of GravityLight, a cheap way for ...

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The Greener Gadgets Conference has doled out a design award to a Virgina Tech student who proposes a lamp powered by gravity. The floor lamp has a 4-foot column, down which a weighted element slowly ...

As part of a research initiative on how to harness off-grid energy for low-power electronics, a pair of U.K.-based designers created a lamp that... Inventors Design Lamp Powered Entirely By Gravity ...

To wage their war on kerosene lamps and the perils the substance presents, partners Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves have developed the GravityLight, an LED lamp that runs on gravity ― no electricity ...