Tuesday 30 October 2007

Pic of the day: Doesn't look like the light source of the future here, but that's largely due to my lack of photography skills. OK, so it is a little tame. But it is cute! And it shines blue, my favorite color!

Small LED lamp

I bought a small, battery-powered LED wall light. Actually I haven't put it on the wall, but keep it mostly in my bedroom. I love the bluish light. I also have rechargeable batteries. For some reason all such lamps use 3 batteries while chargers insist that you charge them as couples at the very least, if not four at the time. This is awkward and probably causes them to not last as long as they could. But while they last, the power is virtually free - LED use very little energy and convert it all to light, where ordinary lamps radiate more heat than light.

There are larger, more advanced lamps out there. I have seen pictures and video of them. But they are more expensive, and not least they are not here in Kristiansand. Perhaps they are out in the mall, if I ever go there again. I keep thinking about visiting the mall at some point, but it doesn't happen nearly every year now.There is an electronics store there which just may have LED lamps.

But for now this is it. LED is the light source of the future, I think. But as usual, the future starts small. ^^