Vote For the Best Green Gadgets: Winners Will Be Judged Live at Greener Gadgets 2009 in NYC
The name may have unintended word associations, but the idea behind the Blight is pretty cool. All images: Core 77
Well, the 2009 Green Gadgets Conference in New York City will be upon us in just a few weeks and in the run-up to that Core 77 has posted the top 50 entries which will be in competition. And they want you to help narrow down the choices to 10, which will be part of a live judging event on February 27. Voting is now open and runs until the 20th.
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 of an everlasting product: the Venetian blind. We use all the current functions of this object and add a little technology to give it a new function - to catch solar energy and convert it into electricity. This solar blind creates a link between indoor and outdoor, taking the daylight during the day and giving it back at night (more)
via:treehugger
