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Swedish designer Camilla Diedrich has found a way to combine wallpaper with electric lights in order to create a fashionable and innovative way of illuminating a room. By incorporating fiber optics into wallpaper, Diedrich delivers a beautiful and interesting way of brightening our homes in a way never thought possible.

Wallpaper and illumination systems allow us to decorate our homes with plenty of space to express our inner designer. Today however, thanks to optic fibers we can integrate the two together.

In 1879 the era of artificial lighting was born under Thomas Edison. Not only was the first prototype of a lamp and an incandescent light bulb created, but also the acceleration of an entire industrial sector. Very few people remember that optic fibers are contemporary to the light bulb, and that significant progresses in the field were only starting to be made in the 1960’s. In reality, the optic fibers are very efficient conductors of electricity, and in this case, also a potential lighting alternative.

Nature Ray Charles is special wallpaper that entwines strings of optic fiber in a luminescent flower pattern, giving the room a truly amazing look. The Swedish designer, Camilla Dietrich, idealized the concept with the intent to find an innovative way to illuminate any room without having to use electrical lighting methods. The Swedish stylists are committed to rendering the design accessible to the public.

Imagine what type of scenarios we would be able to surround ourselves with if this optic fiber was powered by solar energy and sold at a cheaper price. The price of this wallpaper is still too high to be considered a product entering the mass-market, but the energy saving advantages it has will certainly draw public interest.

More Info.:

• http://online.diedrich.se/

Washing clothes by barely using any water? As impossible as that sounds, a system has been put in place where environmental friendliness meats cleanliness. In the future, doing the laundry won’t be nearly as wasteful for our limited and precious natural resources, and it doesn’t include going to the lake and washing clothes like they did centuries ago.

The first ever washing machine was patented in 1858 by Hamilton Smith. This rotary machine accomplished the simple deed of washing away dirt from clothes. As the years rolled on, washing machines became more and more effective, being able to use detergents as well to make clothes smell like new, while also washing away stains. Now, theses machines are used in most households all over the world. But the environmental consequences are noteworthy, namely: the millions of gallons of water needed for washing machines to operate at optimum capacity.

Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a washing machine that uses an astonishingly low amount of water. It only consumes a mere 2 percent compared to any other conventional washing machine. This technology is already being dubbed as the “virtually waterless washing system”. The process uses plastic granules that are mixed with the clothing and have the power to remove stains singlehandedly. This process is capable of removing virtually any type of dirt or build up, and when the clothes are taken out, they are almost dry.

The process being developed will have beneficial effects for the earth and water usage. Each washing cycle will lead to less build up at industrial sites such as wastewater treatment centers. As this technology spreads around the globe, fresh, usable water will be available for other services, rather than wasting by the gallon as it washes clothes.

More Info.:

• http://www.leeds.ac.uk/media/press_releases/current/washing_machine.htm