So, I have officially found THE coolest light! I know. I know. You’re probably asking, “How could you possibly know that Juicio?†And I answer you, “Just look at it! The Mathmos Airswitch!†Most of you know Mathmos as the originators of the Lava Lamp. Back in 1963, when Edward Craven-Walker saw an egg timer where a drop of rising liquid signaled the egg’s readiness, he thought, “Hell, I could do that and sell millions!†Well, he did.
Many generations later of cross-breeding lava lamps with strange and wonderful things, they have created the Airswitch. In essence, it is a cool looking lamp that turns on or off by waving your hand above it! Better yet, by moving your hand up and down vertically over it, you can change the dimness level. How cool would it be to walk into your house Jetson-like and just wave your hands over the lamps to turn them on? Or, what if your special someone is over and you’re like, “Hey, let me dim the lights,†and suavely float your hands above the lamps? If that’s not cool enough for you, Mathmos has a whole set of cool ambience lighting great for any living room or evil scientist lab. I highly recommend checking it out.

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It is the visual equivalent of the theremin, the world’s coolest musical instrument:
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/theremin/
BTW, the lava lamp is still held in high esteem by many of us. I’d like to think I may have been concieved by the light of a lava lamp…
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