An innovative mirror/light redirects natural light into dark rooms or corners in the home, with the brightest light of them all: the sun.
Such is peoples' preference for natural over artificial light, all sorts of creative means of getting it into buildings have been dreamt up. But this device, the Lucy light, uses a much simpler approach.
First choose somewhere to place the device, with the proviso that it has line-of-sight to the sun during the day, and the space to be illuminated. Once set up, Lucy tracks the movement of the sun automatically, beaming up to 7,000 lumens of natural light throughout the day, to the chosen location.
According to
Solenica, the Italian hardware start-up, a single installation of the device can reduce a user's carbon footprint by up to one ton (0.9 tonne) per year. As it is solar-powered, it requires no mains electricity and has no trailing wires. The mechanism is all contained within a sphere, which makes for a compelling piece of design.
The light is currently available only as a pre-order. The only question is, will we ever get enough sunlight for it to work in leafy Chiswick?
Watch the trailer.
