Wednesday Links: Flashlights, Lanternbot...

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March 19, 2014

Spring this year seems to be short on sunshine. To compensate for that, today's post is full of shiny things. And butterflies. Butterflies are always a good addition.

Tilt Beam Flashlight
Cute build, a diffuser of some sort would be a nice addition though, unless used for interrogation purposes. (by [Zach DeBord], via Hackaday)
Soft Squeezable Flashlight
... for all the nightwalkers. Never step on a cat and blind the sleeping. (Molli, by Jung Soo Park)
Robot Garden Lights
There's something creepy about the idea of a garden secretly rearranging itself while you are not looking. (Via IEEESpectrum)
Macro Butterfly Wings
...look like miniature versions of wings. Fractals everywhere! (By Linden Gledhill, via Designboom)

Rainbows, unicorns and pixie dust coming next.

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