Completely cord and battery-free, the Trap Light utilizes special photoluminescent pigments to absorb “waste energy” from surrounding light sources, which it then emits as a soft ambient glow at night. A thirty minute ‘charge’ of recycled light from a traditional incandescent or LED light bulb provides up to eight hours of clean, green lighting.
The body of each lamp has been formed using the Murano glass blowing technique. The close, hands-on approach allows the designers to embed photoluminescent pigments directly into the glass body of the lamp with ease.
If you’re in Milan this week, be sure to swing by the Spazio Rossana Orlandi to get a first-hand look at this stunning design.
Am I the only one here thinking this sounds an awful lot like simple, 1-cent phosphorus based glow-in-the-dark tech like what my cracker jacks toys and light switch plates are made out of?
The author really should tell us what makes this glass any better than that old 1960′s tech.
No mention of being able to absorb the sun’s energy. ????
Good effort by the inventors. these lamps can be used as decoration pieces. I doubt they are practical.
Will these ever be available for purchase? These are great!