Clorox Lamp

xoxoxoBruce · 05-27-2008, 12:07 AM

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A man invented a lightbulb that uses no electricity or batteries which is made from empty plastic bottles filled with water and clorox. The Sun charges the particles creating a chemical reaction, making the bottle illuminate as strongly as a 60-watt electrical lightbulb. The light is bright white.

video

classicman · 05-27-2008, 09:24 AM

Very cool. There has to be a downside... doesn't there?

glatt · 05-27-2008, 09:33 AM

I'm very skeptical. I think it's a hoax.

Flint · 05-27-2008, 09:54 AM

I've had bleach and water mixed in plastic bottles and left outside, and it never glowed.

I'd like to watch the video, but I can't see it on either one of the computers at my desk.

Clodfobble · 05-27-2008, 11:39 AM

It's in Italian. And the "bulbs" seem permanently installed, shoved halfway through the ceiling--so in theory the top is sticking out of the roof to gather the sunlight? But if it's sticking out like that, it would seem to be just a tiny skylight.

Flint · 05-27-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

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But if it's sticking out like that, it would seem to be just a tiny skylight.

classicman · 05-27-2008, 01:38 PM

not at night????

monster · 05-27-2008, 07:27 PM

Why don't swimming pools glow in the dark, then?

footfootfoot · 05-28-2008, 09:25 AM

I'm guessing they are little skylights and the water acts as a lens of sorts to bring more light in. The clorox is probably to keep the water clear and oh so funk-free.

However I can attest to the warm and romantic glow thrown off by a pickle light, however brief.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMhXCG6k6oA

05-27-2008, 09:24 AM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Very cool. There has to be a downside... doesn't there? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-27-2008, 09:54 AM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I've had bleach and water mixed in plastic bottles and left outside, and it never glowed. I'd like to watch the video, but I can't see it on either one of the computers at my desk. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-27-2008, 01:38 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	not at night???? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-27-2008, 07:27 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Why don't swimming pools glow in the dark, then? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-28-2008, 09:25 AM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm guessing they are little skylights and the water acts as a lens of sorts to bring more light in. The clorox is probably to keep the water clear and oh so funk-free. However I can attest to the warm and romantic glow thrown off by a pickle light, however brief. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMhXCG6k6oA __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-27-2008, 09:33 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm very skeptical. I think it's a hoax.

05-27-2008, 11:39 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It's in Italian. And the "bulbs" seem permanently installed, shoved halfway through the ceiling--so in theory the top is sticking out of the roof to gather the sunlight? But if it's sticking out like that, it would seem to be just a tiny skylight.

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