matrixshaman
Flashlight Enthusiast
I've got LED lights from basic and cheap to some of the finest lights in terms of build quality and usefulness although I don't have the money right now to buy what I call the artistic level lights like a KI splash, McGizmo Titanium or a Damascus Mr. Bulk. I've had a flashlight as an EDC on me for at least 15 years and before that always had them close by. In the distant past they were bulb lights or hotwires that didn't last too long - both in terms of bulbs and batteries. So it became second nature to save them for emergency use or times I might really need it. But now with the advent of advanced high power LED lighting with highly regulated circuits and high power Lithium Ion rechargeable batteries I find I'm using lights almost constantly in the darker hours. I find I rarely even turn house lights on anymore as I move about the house. I usually have one light on where I'm working and even it is an LED light array plugged into a light socket along with one small regular bulb.
I thought last night as I was walking around the house doing a few things and lighting my way with a Novatac - many times on a very low level but toggling back and forth between other brighter levels that this is becoming much more than just a flashlight. It's a Personal lighting instrument capable of many things. I have had what I believe is a really profound concept that has been crawling around in the back of my mind: what if 50% or 75% of the population were using lights the way many of us do? WHAT IF LED lights get even more sophisticated and user friendly? Take a look at how far and fast the the cell phone (a personal communication instrument) has come since the first cell phones to the current ones. What if LED lights grew this fast in the next 10 to 15 years? Can you imagine a personal lighting instrument with voice command built in? - maybe for changing light levels or changing focus? How about a light that automatically adjusts it's output based on how much light is reflected back to it? One that is a headlight and one a wrist mount or arm mount light? Maybe a finger mount light too. All with high tech circuitry and controls. I have no doubt the technology is available to make all that happen now and even more. What would be the result of all this if it comes about? Well one BIG thing would be a HUGE reduction in Energy consumption and the effects of that could ripple across the planet and economies like a giant tsunami - in a very GOOD way of course. I think we can all have a part in helping save our planet and make the economy better if we push this Personal lighting concept. Talk about it. Spread it. Make it bigger than life. The fact is life on this planet could be in for some serious doom and gloom if we don't change many of our ways soon. And it is nearly all related to how we use ENERGY. Share some thoughts here and with friends and acquaintances about the PLC.
I thought last night as I was walking around the house doing a few things and lighting my way with a Novatac - many times on a very low level but toggling back and forth between other brighter levels that this is becoming much more than just a flashlight. It's a Personal lighting instrument capable of many things. I have had what I believe is a really profound concept that has been crawling around in the back of my mind: what if 50% or 75% of the population were using lights the way many of us do? WHAT IF LED lights get even more sophisticated and user friendly? Take a look at how far and fast the the cell phone (a personal communication instrument) has come since the first cell phones to the current ones. What if LED lights grew this fast in the next 10 to 15 years? Can you imagine a personal lighting instrument with voice command built in? - maybe for changing light levels or changing focus? How about a light that automatically adjusts it's output based on how much light is reflected back to it? One that is a headlight and one a wrist mount or arm mount light? Maybe a finger mount light too. All with high tech circuitry and controls. I have no doubt the technology is available to make all that happen now and even more. What would be the result of all this if it comes about? Well one BIG thing would be a HUGE reduction in Energy consumption and the effects of that could ripple across the planet and economies like a giant tsunami - in a very GOOD way of course. I think we can all have a part in helping save our planet and make the economy better if we push this Personal lighting concept. Talk about it. Spread it. Make it bigger than life. The fact is life on this planet could be in for some serious doom and gloom if we don't change many of our ways soon. And it is nearly all related to how we use ENERGY. Share some thoughts here and with friends and acquaintances about the PLC.