In this modern world when technological breakthroughs have seized to surprise or shock us, the word “independent existence” has found a yet another new meaning. We have already witnessed how both the teenagers and octogenarians consider it personal insult if one tries to help, assist, lend a hand to them and are always out there to pant, scream and sometimes even prove that they don’t need no help. Now, giving a new twist to this whole “I can do it myself” syndrome, we have a table lamp joining the bandwagon. The new entrant claims that it can function independently (Phew! How many times have we already heard that one). The Zen lamp doesn’t believe in electric sockets and sunshine to recharge itself. All it needs is the will to do so!
Jokes apart, the makers of the Zen light, still in the nascent stage of development, actually claim that it does not need any external source to light itself. It actually depends on the “magnetic engine” that the lamp is already equipped with. The way this lamp functions is both simple and intriguing. The magnets placed inside the lamp make sure that they create enough force to keep the lamp spinning. Now this spinning, in return, powers a series of LED diodes. The power thus generated helps the lamp light up without any external assistance.
The designs shown so far are sleek and very contemporary.
Just while penning this down, here is an afterthought. Since the idea is so simplistic and basic in nature, could we not adapt it (in its cheaper version of course!) and use it to light the kerosene-lit, forest-covered areas that still darken the world map of the 21st century.
Via: Yanko Design
