Floating Cloud????
It’s levitating lamp with LEDs that respond and react to sound
Cloud watching has been a favoured hobby for
the idle-minded to ponder life, or use inspiration in nature as an excuse to
take a nap.
The familiar picture — the placid afternoon
sun warming the lush grass on an easily-scaled hill, as we lie there on our
backs personifying clouds — is all too unfamiliar.
In the wild outdoors are devilish mosquitoes,
a sun that is anything but placid, and a distinct lack of grassy hills. Heck,
Wordsworth even wrote a poem out of it, where he imagined himself wandering as
lonely as a cloud, or so.
Well, fret no more, bedroom Wordsworths,
because for a mere $4,620, the Floating Cloud 2.0 is yours to own.
The Floating Cloud is a levitating lamp held
2.75 inches afloat using a combination of rare earth magnets, electromagnets
and location sensors.
It is composed of hypoallergenic polyester
fibre, is entirely wireless, and is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery.
This hypnotising lamp is the latest product of the collaboration between
Richard Clarkson Studio’s cloud-based designs and Crealev’s inventive
technology.
It might appear to be a mere accessory in the
living room, but the Floating Cloud contains LEDs that respond and react to
sound.
Though the lamp doesn’t double-up as a
speaker, its equalizer mode makes the LEDs respond and flash to the beat of
external sound such as loud noises, music or human voices.
What’s more, if you’ve have ever fancied feeling
the fluffy cotton in the sky, but felt they’ve been just a little out of reach,
this Cloud is here to save the day. The magnets allow the cloud to rotate fully
and manoeuvre slightly up and down when pressed, perpetuating realism and
allowing for those cloudy days to leave your dispositions and light up your
desks.
Who hasn’t wanted to own something this
innovative? Sure, it isn’t very useful… but it floats, people. Let its price
not cloud your judgement.
—Magnetic-levitation technology to enable the
cloud to float
—Location sensors allow the cloud to be
shifted around while floating
—Sound-reactive coloured LED’s which ‘pulse’
in tune with music or ambient sound
—Completely remote-controlled
Source
| The Hindu | 19 August 2017
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