Tue, 23 Aug 2005 Laserpod, billed as one of the most innovative lighting products since the lava lamp in the sixties, has hit local shores.
It’s the invention of the UK light artist Chris Levine, whose varied and groundbreaking work in light has ranged from light sculptures for the band Massive Attack and some of the most leading edge fashion designers, to an historic hologram portrait of the Queen of England.
His work is about the experience of seeing and the living power of light, an ethos that is distilled into Laserpod.
Levine’s invention uses three electronic lasers and three blue and purple LEDs chosen by the inventor so that the combination of their wavelengths as a background to the red laser gives a ’super sensory experience’. This intense light energy is then projected through a rotating crystal.
If it’s a soothing ambient lamp you’re after, leave the supplied diffusers on top of the Laserpod’s alloy cylinder to contain the effects. However, when the diffusers are removed, the light-forms radiate and project across the room.
You can interact with Laserpod by placing anything optical on its top — glass, crystal or clear plastics produce visual effects that continually evolve.
For the best Laserpod experience, though, the device should be activated in complete darkness when the subtler, more meditative beams are visible.
Portable, Laserpod can function for up to eight hours on three alkaline AA batteries or run directly from the mains on its power pack.
» For more info visit http://www.laserpod.co.za/
