gadgets Ikea's wall-mountable donut lamp would have 8,000 calories if it were real Rob Beschizza

vintage The satisfying click: Why vintage push-button light switches should make a comeback Popkin

DIY I am thrilled with these cheap LED headlights Jason Weisberger

art "All the trees" is a new audiovisual installation that will be touring around public outdoor spaces Popkin

books Flashing back to ye olde psychedelic light shows David Pescovitz

Technology High school spends thousands on electricity each month because nobody can turn off the software-controlled lights David Pescovitz

housewares Disconcertingly realistic bread lamp Rob Beschizza

lighting Projection artists recreated the world's oldest sundial on the winter solstice Thom Dunn

design Fancy "ambient light" projector creates illusion of window overlooking trees David Pescovitz

Technology Plants that glow could illuminate tomorrow's buildings David Pescovitz

Kids This Iowa bridge trail has a remarkable nighttime lighting effect Andrea James

Science Watch this cool demonstration of a vintage carbon arc lamp Andrea James

art Watch a cool kinetic light art installation Andrea James

la L.A. Thanksgiving traffic almost beautiful from a distance Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Great deal on laser landscape projector ($(removed)) Mark Frauenfelder

Europe Map of Europe shows the lights coming on and going off, 1993-2003 Rob Beschizza

Games Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction Rob Beschizza

minneapolis Minneapolis has been hearing unexplained booms for decades and nobody can figure out why Ellsworth Toohey

california Five men left a basketball game in 1978 and drove into a mystery Ellsworth Toohey