Young Inventors https://refractor.io/tag/young-inventors/ Young Inventors en-AU Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:21:17 GMT The gravity powered floor lamp https://refractor.io/environment/the-gravity-powered-floor-lamp/ Image from Greener Gadgets

February 20, 2008 It’s the environmentally friendly lamp with gravitas. Clay Moulton, a Virginia Tech student, has created a 58-inch tall floor lamp powered entirely by gravity. Gravia uses a slowly sinking weight to charge 10 high-output LEDs, which fire into the acrylic lens and create a diffuse light output of 600-800 lumens, roughly equal to a 40-watt incandescent bulb.

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]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:21:17 GMT https://refractor.io/environment/the-gravity-powered-floor-lamp/ Kyle Sherer