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Chetan Sorab's Matchlight 20 Nov 2007

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Chetan Sorab's "Matchlight" is a clever lighting concept that lets you arrange a pile of matchsticks (or matchstick-style lights) in any order you want and, as long as they are all touching each other, they'll all light up - even though only one of the 16 "matches" is plugged into the mains. (It works as a result of induction...in case you were wondering).

[via Gizmodo]

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