Blood lamp
When designer Mike Thomspon asked himself, “What if power came at a cost to the individual?” he ended up creating the blood lamp as a statement on energy conservation. This single-use lamp requires a drop of blood to be activated — a personal sacrifice that will really make you think twice before turning on the lights. The lamp’s secret ingredient is luminol, the chemical forensic scientists use to check for blood, which glows blue when it reacts with the iron in red blood cells.
Blood Lamp from miket on Vimeo.
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great now we can create a real lord of the rings type flashlight
Ok, I know it's just used to make a statement but, if this was actually used, would I be able to make use out of my menstrual blood?
Thanks for the disturbing picture, Miranda. Now I'll need to invent mental hygiene just to get it out of my mind...... On the upside, it might be a good way for the ladies to earn an extra dollar or two.......
I wouldn't see why not-but I don't know the specifics of how it works.
NEVER AID ECO-FRIENDLY
Only that it requires sacrifice. The idea is to make people think about where their energy comes from, not for commercial use. Read the words, people.
Nothing eco-friendly in that invention; it's just silly and makes a somewhat disturbing statement, totally unrelated to "eco balance". Charging a light (or another device) by using a hand wind or a stationary bike to convert your mechanical power into electric power is probably the most efficient (and sane) way of directly "sacrificing" yourself to power your equipment of choice. It's a lot healthier than cutting yourself.
anyways why use blood im makeing one but with glow in the dark water (i think more safer than blood dont you think*?
It's a statement; not for conventional use. We take the environment for granted in the way we treat it, this is simply turning the tables if we were to sacrifice ourselves for the power we want. It's a great symbol and truly does put the way we use energy into perspective.
But it utterly FAILS at providing useable light, no matter how much you bleed into it.
Very interesting idea, but a bit wacko as well. If my child needed to turn on a light because he heard me fall at night and was worried about me, he'd have to cut his finger and bleed first? C'mon! Science is great when ideas are generated by sane people!
How is it eco-friendly when you are throwing it away after one short-lived use? I dont think the lesson is worth the cost,
You are right! The fact that it's single use makes it NOT "green" at all. That's just a continuation of the wasteful habits we've developed in our use and toss society.
******' RIGHT?
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