The Blood Lamp

Posted by Miss Cellania in Home & Garden on September 27, 2009 at 8:04 am


The Blood Lamp only works once, and you need to add of a drop of your blood to activate it! The idea is to stop and think about how badly you need light before you use it. Designer Mike Thompson created the lamp in order to draw attention to how much energy we waste. Link -via Dark Roasted Blend


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16 comments to "The Blood Lamp"

  1. Woogie
    September 27th, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Given the nosebleed I have right now, I have enough blood to run that thing for a year.

    Envirotwats.

  2. SenorMysterioso
    September 27th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    My blood? Im sure it works just fine no matter whose blood I use Mwahahaha

  3. wit of a twit
    September 27th, 2009 at 9:10 am

    What reaction does it use?

  4. Edward
    September 27th, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Wonderful art.

  5. Gauldar
    September 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am

    Luminol?

  6. Johnny Cat
    September 27th, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Star of Elindil?

  7. Preston
    September 27th, 2009 at 11:23 am

    That's so cool but how does it actually work? Why is it a one time use?

  8. Miss Cellania
    September 27th, 2009 at 11:49 am

    There's more information at the link. It's one-use because you have to break it open, then combine chemicals to turn it on.

  9. Ali S.
    September 27th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Seems kinda non-environmentally friendly if it's a one use deal.

  10. FishBottleT
    September 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    I would probably break the whole thing when trying to get it to work. Interesting

  11. wow
    September 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    so in order to draw attention to how much energy we waste he is actively creating waste? huh?

  12. Noelegy
    September 27th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Um. And how much energy did he use to create this? As a diabetic, I'm monumentally unimpressed with the "significance" of having to add a drop of blood. :)

  13. nock
    September 27th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    It's the same substance used to find hidden blood on shows like CSI. It's called Luminol and you can use a variety of agents to activate it, not just blood.

  14. Manticore
    September 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    luminol does not make blood glow, Luminol makes blood flouresce under a UV light.

  15. jm1656
    September 28th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    artist = attention whores

  16. Video Game Dork
    September 29th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    I agree that making it one-use as a way to point out wastefullness is self defeating.

    If it was multi-use, however, it would be loved by goths. Vampire light!


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