Sunlight contains massive amounts of energy and is the biggest source of energy. Radiation of the sun reaches earth after traveling through thousands of miles through atmosphere but still has sufficient energy to light up 60-watt lightbulbs. Scientists are still pondering over the fact to capture the sunlight and transform it into electricity.
The energy of the sun controls the temperature of the earth, influences the gigantic transfers of pressure and heat in ocean tides and weather patterns. Wind turbines are driven due to the consequence of the air currents. Evaporation occurring due to the heat of the sun results in rain water, which is later-on stored on the dams to generate hydroelectricity using hydro power.
Solar energy is also used as fossil fuels. Plants absorb sunlight and traps energy through photosynthesis. As plants growths trapped energy is stored in chemical bonds. Humans can later on recover the energy by burning wood, which helps releasing the energy as heat and light by breaking the chemical bonds in plants. Although human use the energy in much more concentrated form known as fossil fuels such as petrol, oil, LPG, natural gas etc., which is formed due to the geological and chemical activity of the stored organic matter for billions of years.
The energy which is absorbed by a substance is released slowly as light, is referred to as photoluminescence. Gionata Gatto and Mike Thompson went a step ahead. They captured the photoluminescent pigments into the glass body of lamp and presented it in the Milan Furniture Fair by renaming the lamp as “Trap Light.” As the name suggests, this trap light would absorb the energy from the nearby sources like sunlight/CFL/Tube lights/LED etc and through photoluminescent pigments emit light without consuming electricity or battery.
So whatever waste light a usual LED bulb or a CFL would release, this lamp would get charged within 25 to 30 minutes by absorbing the waste light and would emit eco-friendly soft light for as long as eight hours. Using Murano glass technique, each lamp has been prepared for more meticulousness. Photoluminescent pigments have been physically placed inside the body of the lamp by the designers.
Although lighting can enlighten a place and add a different appeal to it, it comes with a cost in the form of electricity. More the lights, more is the consumption of electricity. So, the Trap Light can be positioned as an alternative to the lights which comes with a cost.
Via: Inhabitat
