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Engadget Podcast 170 - 11.08.2009
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
getz76 @ Oct 31st 2007 4:21PM
Changing the batteries for the lamp must suck.
Z @ Oct 31st 2007 4:23PM
That's true! I hadn't thought about that.
Helmore @ Oct 31st 2007 4:26PM
Who says that the lamp is installed in the levitating part....
clads01 @ Oct 31st 2007 4:27PM
If you look at the pix in the link closely, it looks like the base is actually the light source. The hovering "light shade" probably involves some clever reflection/transmission to make it appear that the light is coming it.
But agreed, if the light was actually coming from the hovering part, it would def have to be battery powered ...
clads01 @ Oct 31st 2007 4:32PM
"coming *from* it" that is
Z @ Oct 31st 2007 4:33PM
I was just looking at the photos and video links at bit closer - I didn't scroll down far enough but it seems that the base is lit underneath, so it must be just reflecting somehow off of the hovering element. That would make more sense. The photo above (where the entire lamp shade is lit) threw me off initially.
splat-da-da-ding-dong-patatata-brrrring! @ Oct 31st 2007 4:34PM
you could also use induction to transfer energy between the bottom and the levitating part.