e-Luminate gift ideas 15/12/2013

Christmas time, buy some lighting gifts.

Here are a few suggestions.

In no particular order and not promoting any businesses or retail outlets (always open to sponsorship opportunities).

Let us know if you have any interesting ones of your own.

Philips Hue Connected Bulb - Starter Pack

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Control your lighting from iPhone and iPad

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Easy-to-install wireless bridge

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High-quality bright white light

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Tune whites and colours

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Create light settings based on favourite photos from £339.99 http://www.amazon.co.uk/

Alternative Philips LivingColors Gen 3 Aura Black 70998/30/PU Colour Changing Mood Lamp with Remote Control

From £49.99 - £140 http://www.amazon.co.uk/

Mathmos Bike Wheel Lights

Circles of light as you cycle Mathmos Bike Wheel Lights easily screw directly on to your bike wheel valves and create circles of light when you cycle. The lights use high quality LEDs with light/motion sensors which mean that they will only come on at night when you're on the move.

They are great fun lights but also aid visibility and therefore safety. They should only be used in conjunction with standard bicycle lights and not just on their own.

£10 http://www.mathmos.com/mathmos-bike-lights-circles-of-light-when-you-cycle23386-0.html

SpokeSwag Colored LED Battery Powered Bicycle Spoke Lights

$20 http://etsy.me/1feKuGM

NeedleLite Lighted Conductor Baton

$28.95

http://etsy.me/1c4QfZx

Lorna Carmen McNeill Lorna Carmen McNeill recently graduated with a First at the Art Academy in London and an Award from Tom O'Neill, Art Advisor to KPMG for her research and innovations in her light sculptures. She is primarily interested in exploring light, colour and rhythm, through a fusion of the disciplines of painting, sculpture and installation. With a background in clinical nutrition and research mainly within a psychological context, her approach involves intuitive depth exploration with an interest in creating pieces which 'nourish' the whole person.

Evolving Series. Sculpture Approx. 580 mm x 230 mm. Light box 350 x 410 x 900 http://www.lornacarmenmcneill.com/#!sculptures/ckp5

£ POA

pixelstick - Light painting evolved.

Pixelstick consists of 198 full color RGB LEDs inside a lightweight aluminum housing.

Pixelstick’s brain, a small mounted box, reads images from an SD card and displays them, one line at a time. Each LED corresponds to a single pixel in the image. The images themselves can be from 1 to 198 pixels tall and many thousands of pixels wide. The handle is perpendicular and has a secondary aluminum sleeve, allowing pixelstick to spin freely.

Pixelstick uses 8 AA batteries. Throughout testing we’ve used Sanyo Eneloop and Amazon rechargeable to great success, never requiring more than one set for a long night’s shooting.

Kickstarter $10 - $170

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitbangerlabs/pixelstick-light-paintingevolved?ref=live

Mathmos Space Projector Light with Oil Wheel

Space Projector projects a rotating image of up to 1.5m in diameter onto a wall or ceiling. There are 2 different coloured projectors; silver and black. Each projector comes with an Oil Wheel of your choice. There are currently 7 to choose from; violet/red, violet/green, blue/red, blue/yellow, red/yellow, blue/green and violet/blue.

Space Projector ÂŁ115 http://www.mathmos.com/mathmos-space-projector-light-with-oil-wheel-15160.html#specs

Led Strip 60 SMD Blue Colour 4.8W(Price Per Meter)

Stunning blue LED lights make up these LED strips that can be bought by the metre and easy applied and used either in the home or commercial properties for mood lighting or to attract attention. They will look fantastic in bars, clubs, shop windows and in various locations around the house.

LED strips are easy to apply and cheap to run thanks to the fact that they use highly energy efficient light emitting diodes (more commonly known as LED's) which do not waste energy in unwanted heat production as many other light sources do.

They have a beam angle of 120 degrees and will provide as much as 50,000 hours of use which easily equates to 15 years of average use. – See more at: http://www.ledlights.uk.com/led-strip-60-smd-blue-colour4.8w.html#sthash.0WTuA2SG.dpuf http://www.ledlights.uk.com/led-strip-60-smd-blue-colour-4.8w.html List price: £12.90 £6.90