While inclusive design would most ideally be about taking into consideration users of every walk of life, of every culture, race, economic status, whether they’re healthy or not, Panasonic’s Any-Battery Flashlight is inclusive in its own way. Rather than sticking to a single battery standard, this unusual flashlight works with quite literally any pencil battery.
With the ability to run on D, C, AA, and AAA batteries, the Any-Battery flashlight gives you the freedom to use any battery you may have lying around (making it a wonderful place to use spare batteries too). The flashlight shines at 200 lux, emitting a strong beam when needed, and even switches down to 3 lux, turning it into an ambient light for illuminating spaces much like a lantern would. The flashlight comes built with an LED too, allowing you to get as many as 86 hours of illumination at a time!
Designed to look like an innocuous little flashlight for emergency blackouts, the Lumen is tonnes more advanced than it would have you believe. Yes, it is, in the most basic of terms, a flashlight, but it does more than throw photons on an un-illuminated surface. The Lumen is more than a flashlight… it’s a handheld AR projector that detects objects, projects onto them after determining what they are, and lets you interact with the projections in a manner that combines multiple separate experiences into a singular one so futuristic, it would have you pinching yourself.
Much like the Lightform, a smart device that connects with an external projector to aid in object detection and creation of a projected augmented reality experience, the Lumen works on similar lines, but it just doesn’t detect objects by detecting the boundaries between two surfaces/objects, the Lumen actually identifies objects and the angle they’re placed at in relation to the projector, playing relevant animations over the objects.
In a lot of ways, the Lumen’s true competitor is (or was) the VR Headset. Not designed to be an exhibition/entertainment machine like the Lightform, the Lumen is like a flashlight that replaces a VR headset that covers your eyes, and layers images onto reality just for the wearer. Lumen’s projection mapping technology means that the VR/AR experience is as portable as lifting and pointing the device on a surface, and the projections that emanate from it are a public experience, rather than a private one. In fact, Lumen’s projections can be interacted with too, via touch! Armed with a camera, a depth sensor, a projector, and artificial intelligence that’s definitely capable of some heavy-lifting, the Lumen is a flashlight shaped product that replaces the chained, headset experience of AR/VR and makes it more unbridled, intuitive, and life-changing!
Ever since the phone had a flashlight on it, torch sales have plummetted. The torch, for the longest time, has been this clunky, battery-guzzling device that produced a beam of light and did pretty much nothing else. The minute the phone integrated a xenon flash into it, it spelled history for the torch, because the phone was compact, and always on your person. The torch, however, has its own advantages that it hasn’t been able to capitalize on. It does one job and does it well, works for longer hours under worse conditions (some torches are even waterproof), and can be used as both point-source as well as ambient lighting.
That’s pretty much the design brief of Allocacoc’s FlashLight. Compact enough to be carried on your person along with your smartphone, the FlashLight is an independent torch that’s brighter than the flash on your smartphone, can work for longer hours and in any weather, and comes with a bunch of accessories that make it much more than a torch.
The FlashLight comes in a slick baton-sized frame made entirely out of anodized aluminum, keeping it both classy and light at the same time. The LED torch on the front comes in both warm as well as cold variants, and has a single button on it that not only powers it on and off, but also lets you adjust its brightness. Designed to work better and last longer, the FlashLight does away with the pencil-battery system and comes with a 18650mAh Li-ion battery that lasts for as long as 75 hours on its lowest setting.
What makes the FlashLight better than the one on your phone is, however, its range of accessories. These accessories give the FlashLight applications that transcend its current purpose (which is just an emergency source of lighting), making the FlashLight something you’d want to use in your home as well as outside it. The accessories transform the Flashlight into a night lamp, a reading lamp, as well as an extremely stylish desk lamp that uses a reflector to diffuse and scatter the light in an exquisite manner. The FlashLight can be even used outdoors, thanks to its waterproof nature, and can even conveniently be strapped to a bicycle using its bicycle clip, turning it into a makeshift headlamp.
The smartphone’s flash is definitely convenient, but it isn’t all-purpose. Allocacoc’s FlashLight taps into that ability, giving the torchlight more roles and capabilities than ever before, so that it isn’t just your emergency light source. It’s almost every kind of light source you need!
FlashLight is Allocacoc’s latest project which inspires imagination on how you can use this forgotten tool. From a table lamp to a hanging lamp to a bike light, you’ll never see flashlight the same again.
Pair FlashLight with accessories such as desk lamp or bike fix, to be used both indoor and outdoor.
The Guidelight’s elegant design and multifaceted nature saw it getting accepted into the Museum of Modern Art’s design store. A simple globe with a light housed within it, the Guidelight can shift from a point-light to an ambient light by simply rotating the globe to face either forward at a spot, or downwards, into the translucent plastic lampshade.
Made for both outdoors and indoors, the Guidelight comes with a 150-hour battery life, a splash-proof design, and even a dimmer switch on one side, allowing you to select the intensity. Available in red, green, and grey, the Guidelight has an outdoorsy/nomadic spirit and demeanor of a traditional lamp, combined with an adaptability and multi-faceted nature that has earned it the term “the Swiss Army knife among lights”.
As long as a flashlight shines, it must be A-okay, right?! Think again! If you’re a law enforcement agency or first responder, your flashlight can be the lifeline for a person you’re looking for or trying to save. Designed with this in mind, the Pelican 7070R was crafted specifically for the demands of the job.
Its asymmetrical grip helps orient the user’s hand in the dark while dual switches (with guards to prevent accidental triggering) work with a variety of tactical tasks. Its intuitive charging cradle allows it to be dropped in and powered up whether it’s on a desk or in a car. What’s more is its variable performance output that can be adjusted using a smartphone app.
Douglas Cushing’s concept twists the archetypical flashlight on its head quite literally! Designed with a desire to stray away from the predictability of current products, the Heavy Utility Flashlight features a twisting head that turns the light source on and off.
As easy as a switch might be, it’s also a cinch to operate, especially in the dark. Rather than fumble around with your fingers trying to locate the button, you can quickly guide your hand to either end and give it a small twist to activate. To stay similar but different, its shape is also new. Unlike the cylindrical form of standard designs, it takes on a rectilinear shape that keeps it from rolling away. Its straightforward aesthetic is just as minimalistic as its functionality!
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Looking for a truly unique accent light? I don’t think you can do much better than one of these sweet handmade lamps that’s designed to look like a flashlight floating in mid-air.
Beaverton, Oregon artist Bob Peterson of ThisCarUp has made a limited run of just 24 of these neat desk lamps, each of which features an actual vintage flashlight, set atop a handblown glass shade that forms its beam. Inside, there’s a modern cold cathode light source. The tapered, elliptical base is made from wood with a felt bottom to protect whatever surface it sits on.
Priced at $445(USD) each, they’re not exactly cheap, but when you consider that it’s really a limited-edition work of art, the cost really isn’t that bad. If you’d like one for your desk or table, head on over to ThisCarUp’s Etsy shop.
Looking for a truly unique accent light? I don’t think you can do much better than one of these sweet handmade lamps that’s designed to look like a flashlight floating in mid-air.
Beaverton, Oregon artist Bob Peterson of ThisCarUp has made a limited run of just 24 of these neat desk lamps, each of which features an actual vintage flashlight, set atop a handblown glass shade that forms its beam. Inside, there’s a modern cold cathode light source. The tapered, elliptical base is made from wood with a felt bottom to protect whatever surface it sits on.
Priced at $445(USD) each, they’re not exactly cheap, but when you consider that it’s really a limited-edition work of art, the cost really isn’t that bad. If you’d like one for your desk or table, head on over to ThisCarUp’s Etsy shop.
Do you need to light up something you’re working on and need both hands free? Well sure, you could get a lantern, or maybe one of those lights you wear on your head, but I’d much rather have a robot hold the light for me. Thank goodness for Pozebot!
This little guy’s sole purpose in robotic life is to aim the light for you. He’s got a pair of bright LED eyeballs, and a flexible body which lets you position the lights however you need them. The only thing better would be if he could actually walk on his own and bring the light to you.
Best of all, Pozebot is one of the cheapest robots you can buy. He’s just $7.59(USD) over on Amazon. So why not buy a bunch of Pozebots, and use them to light up all the corners of your room?
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