Sanguinary Illumination From The Blood Lamp - Polidicks

[quote]The Blood Lamp is a single-use lighting device that must be broken and provided with a drop of blood in order to work. The designer of the lamp, Mike Thompson hopes that it will remind people of the amount of energy that they waste. [/quote] [img]http://weinterrupt.com/wp-content/uploads/Blood_Lamp4-150x150.jpg[/img] [img]http://weinterrupt.com/wp-content/uploads/Blood_Lamp3-150x150.jpg[/img] [img]http://weinterrupt.com/2009/10/sanguinary-illumination-from-the-blood-lamp/blood_lamp2/[/img] [quote=from the creator of the lamp]Blood Lamp 2009 What if power came at a cost to the individual? The average American consumes 3383kwh of energy per year. That’s equivalent to leaving the light on in 4 rooms for a whole year. The simple flick of a switch allows us to power appliances and gadgets 24/7 without a thought to where it comes from and the cost to the environment. For the lamp to work one breaks the top off, dissolves the tablet, and uses their own blood to power a simple light. By creating a lamp that can only be used once, the user must consider when light is needed the most, forcing them to rethink how wasteful they are with energy, and how precious it is.[/quote] video - [url]http://vimeo.com/6792724[/url] source - [url]http://weinterrupt.com/2009/10/sanguinary-illumination-from-the-blood-lamp/[/url] Seriously WTF was the creator of this thinking when he made this, I know he is trying to prove a point but surely cutting yourself to create a light is stupid

That's pretty sweet. I'll give him an artistic.

This is a very interesting creation. I wonder how people will use this.

That's awesome.

In before emo.

Emolamp

This is probably the same material as the police sometimes use at crime scenes. The chemical reacts with the iron in the blood, so you could just throw a nail in it and get the same effect.

[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;17613449]In before emo.[/QUOTE] The entire 30 Seconds to Mars fanbase could illuminate New York for weeks

Countdown till people say 'LOL JEWEL, YOUR AVVY FITS PERFECTLY' 3...2...

Reminds me of [img]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/8/87/Frodo_light_3.JPG[/img]

Be right back, gonna pay my electricity bills in blood.

[img]http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p56/Takaidun/emo%20boys/emo-boys-are-hot.jpg[/img] BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS.

[QUOTE=noctune9;17613461]This is probably the same material as the police sometimes use at crime scenes. The chemical reacts with the iron in the blood, so you could just throw a nail in it and get the same effect.[/QUOTE] Sounds about right. A nail might last a bit longer too. Iron filings might have a rather decent reaction.

Sounds pretty sorcerous, using one's blood to activate a lamp. Almost like magic, although I bet it's something to do with the iron in the blood acting as a catalyst for some kind of chemiluminescent reaction involving whatever strange oils are within the lamp...

Interesting concept, but no way it's going to be widely used, I guess I'd test it [B]once[/B], but no more.

This goes against the teachings of Jesus Christ, everyone of morals to the panic vault!

It'd be fucking handy when the zombies come.

Quite. If anything, it could prove useful for whatever dark age is coming, when some tribal guy finds a vast stash of Blood Lamps. Y'know, the concept of a Blood Lamp sounds like something out of a Might and Magic game or whatnot...

Fucking awesome I wouldn't buy one but I love the idea

[QUOTE=Smirnoff Joe;17613835]Sounds pretty sorcerous, using one's blood to activate a lamp. Almost like magic, although I bet it's something to do with the iron in the blood acting as a catalyst for some kind of [B][highlight]chemiluminescent [/highlight][/B]reaction involving whatever strange oils are within the lamp...[/QUOTE] The correct therm is Bioluminescence. And yes, it's most likely the case. Also, the lamp should come packaged with a band-aid and an alcohol swab, to stop the bleeding after you cut yourself.

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;17614008]The correct therm is [B]Bioluminescence[/B]. And yes, it's most likely the case. Also, the lamp should come packages with a band-aid and an alcohol swab, to stop the bleeding.[/QUOTE] Quite so. I was confused between the two terms. Although maybe a blood sampling kit could work, allowing you to store the blood you need to activate the lamps for times when you want to activate the lamps.

[QUOTE=Smirnoff Joe;17613878]Quite. If anything, it could prove useful for whatever dark age is coming, when some tribal guy finds a vast stash of Blood Lamps.[/QUOTE] That'd be fucking hilarious. The guy would be heralded as a god.

[QUOTE=Aries;17614090]That'd be fucking hilarious. The guy would be heralded as a god.[/QUOTE] Well, he'd probably be revered as the guy who discovered the magickal potions of blood-born light created by a long-dead wizard.

[QUOTE=Smirnoff Joe;17614108]Well, he'd probably be revered as the guy who discovered the magickal potions of blood-born light created by a long-dead wizard.[/QUOTE] I think he'd present himself as the wizard who gave life and shelter to the spirits inhabiting the lamps. That way he'd get the babes.

Ah yes, the power of the lie. One of the strongest powers in reality when used right.

[b]BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD...lamp...[/b]

Rather silly designing a light for a demographic that doesn't like light.

Interesting idea, too bad it's made for some fucked up moral crusade "Mike Thompson hopes that it will remind people of the amount of energy that they waste"

No, you want to help the environment? Turn on more lights. Yes, you heard me. Consume so goddamn much power that they are forced to construct nuclear power plants. Tah dah, near infinite clean energy. I refuse to take a step back technologically because some fucking dipshit hippies who don't understand the difference between nuclear warheads and nuclear power plants block the proliferation of nuclear energy. So I'm going to be the most wasteful prick possible until they shut the fuck up and allow real green energy through. Hydro electric obliterates river ecosystems and wind turbines kill all kinds of birds all day long and then continue to murder bats by night. Solar panels require massive massive amounts of empty land to produce even remotely useful amounts of energy effectively destroying a much larger footprint. Not that I really give a shit if some fish die or birds get turned into nuggets. I'm just pointing out that comparatively, nuclear energy does none of these things. If we could finally move forward, nuclear waste would all be stored in a single location for the entire united states, the place has been under construction for years now. The nuclear power plants take up relatively small amounts of space and only need a supply of water to run. And no, they don't produce radioactive chemicals into the surrounding area. Coal plants however spew out substantial amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere. And no, radioactive waste is generally not useful for a bomb. There are breeder reactors which produce weapons grade material, but that was intentional. Yes, you can make a dirty bomb. No dirty bombs actually aren't all that dangerous. The explosive used to disperse the dirty bomb would kill ten fold the number of people the radiation could even give mild radiation sickness to. And generally the explosion isn't actually going to kill much of anyone.

Nuclear is fairly expensive. I mean, hella cheap compared to fossil fuel, but it's not like, AMAZINGLY cheap.