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Greener Gadgets | Blight | Vincent Gerkens
Greener Gadgets | Blight | Vincent Gerkens
The sun provides us with energy every day. How can we use it directly for indoor applications? Blight is an optimal indoor lighting solution that is able to replace current lamps without any need of electric supply. With Blight we have not produced a new object; we have just created the design ...
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Blight
TrendsNow — ... Blight est une nouvelle solution d'éclairage intérieur qui vient ajouter à un simple store vénitien, une fonction de capture de l'énergie solaire pour la transformer en électricité, grâce à la mise en place de capteurs solaires souples et électroluminescent. ...

Solar Venetian blinds store energy by day, give it back by lighting up the night
DVICE Atom Feed — ... notion of teaming up solar energy and windows. There's something logical and satisfying about extracting power from the light you're blocking during the day, and saving it for later, when it's dark. Cover all your windows with these, save the planet. This is one of the competitors in the GreenerGadgets design competition; voting ends February 20th, so click on your fave now. This one's certainly getting our vote. Via Core 77

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Eco Geek Latest — ... Blight: A system of venetian blinds that contain both solar panels and electro-luminescent film. During the day the blinds absorb light, then at night they become a light source. Though I'm not sure where the power is being stored, or how it's being transferred from the panel into the storage device...it's still a cool concept. ...

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