Wind Up Lamp Looks Like Something Out Of Oz
Filed in archive General Cool Stuff by Michael Pick on September 27, 2007
Wind up radios are old hat, but this one was new one me - a wind up lamp. What's kind of cool about it is the chunky wind up key sticking out of the side, giving it a distinctly wizard of oz
/Disneyfied look.
It comes as no surprise to learn, then, that this is straight out of Japan, home of all things cutesy-pie. Over at Geekologie there are a few more details (along with a hilariously unwholesome anecdote which I'll let you discover for yourself):
My personal doubt is that this thing does its job silently. I can't imagine the windup lamp being wildly relaxing if it issues a chugging, grinding or tick-tocking sound. Anyone given one a try?
/Disneyfied look.It comes as no surprise to learn, then, that this is straight out of Japan, home of all things cutesy-pie. Over at Geekologie there are a few more details (along with a hilariously unwholesome anecdote which I'll let you discover for yourself):
"The wind up lamp, designed by Yuko Tagushi, is very cool. It runs off a high carbon tensile steel spring. As the spring unwinds, it powers a small electric generator, producing enough power to keep the light on. When the key winds down, it's lights out."
My personal doubt is that this thing does its job silently. I can't imagine the windup lamp being wildly relaxing if it issues a chugging, grinding or tick-tocking sound. Anyone given one a try?
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