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Wind Powered Lantern

treehugger.com — Expected to last five years the Firewinder can be disassembled for recycling when its useful life has passed. Apparently 5-7 mph is the optimum speed, but it can also cope with speeds up to 40 mph. And it doesn’t matter which direction the wind is blowing either.

Who dugg this? Made popular Sep 25, 2007

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  • ChocChunkOaties, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18one step closer to harnessing the power of flatulence.
  • ghm101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I'm waiting for the solar powered version.
  • FlyCO, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5nice gadget
    too bad I can't use it inside my place
    well, I could turn a fan on and watch it glow anyway... oh, wait
  • Error601, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Should be "wind powered decoration".
  • ArchonSG, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Japan already had a combo wind / solar lamp for a while now.
    http://panasonic.co.jp/mesc/products/en/product/wi ...
  • davidemm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"Although it doesn’t generate practical task lighting" - Not there yet
  • tkstock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Whoopity freakin doo.
  • saifatlast, on 10/23/2007, -0/+2precisely.
  • h3xley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3"When wind speed approaches 3 mph the long helix shape begins to spin and via a patent pending process the breeze powers 20 LEDs that light up in a rotating spiral fashion."

    yeah, a patent pending process involving a generator, some leds and a bit of wire *rolls eyes*
  • bromac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1People have received patents for less. Just because it's simple doesn't mean it's not innovative.
  • AggieFalcon01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Neatness of the product overshadowed by the spamminess of treehugger. Please, link to the original instead of yet another digg-hungry blog!
  • saifatlast, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What if I'm not in Japan? Will their technology be able to handle American Freedom?
  • EvilGeniusTodd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1exactly.
  • EvilGeniusTodd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Artistic. But not exactly practical.
    Basically it's just more conspicuous consumption. Wind powered or not, it doesn't do anything but decorate.
  • PDubNYC, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1derrrrrr....

    die
  • brotherfranciz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It would work if you happen to live beside the sea.
  • columb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Go wind, go!!!
  • Orkahm52, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0"Apparently 5-7 mph is the optimum speed"
    I thought you said it was a Lantern not a car.

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