A blood-powered lamp, plus more strange and creepy green inventions
October 27, 2009 at 2:17 pm by Katie M.
I know that people who make environmentally-friendly inventions have the best intentions at heart, but sometimes they take it a bit too far and come up with things that are, well, weird. Just in time for the creepiest holiday of the year, TreeHugger has compiled a slideshow list of some of the most unusual (to put it politely) green inventions out there.
And what, you ask, is on this strange list? Take, for instance, a luminol-filled lamp that runs on – you guessed it – blood. It’s the same stuff that forensic analysts use to find traces of blood at a crime scene and now you can light up your home with that same eerie blue glow.
Another of my favorites from the list are the inflatble shower curtains that give you a friendly reminder that your shower is taking too long – by either growing (plastic) spikes or slowly inflating to trap you in. I guess this would not be on your holiday gift list for someone who is claustrophobic (though it would make a great April Fool’s prank).
Finally, for all of you tech nerds out there, be sure to check out the remote-controlled cyborg beetle. This was actually a project funded by the Pentagon: scientists have grafted electrodes and tiny radio antennae to flying beetles, which allows them to be steered by the remote control user. These cyborg beetle spies may be seen in future use by the military. Haven’t I seen something like this in a movie?
To see the rest of the zany inventions that made the list, click here.
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