Introducing the LaserPod : Shove over Lava Lamp!

A couple of months ago, I got an email from a customer telling me to check out the LaserPods. Did a search on Google and found the LaserPod website but I didn't see what all the fuss was about... until LaserPod Australia sent me one last week to sample. Ok I'll admit it - they're cool! My first impression: "Its sea-monkeys gone techno!" I would have a LaserPod over those antiquated lava-lamps anyday!

What is the LaserPod?
Using the latest in laser, LED (light emitting diodes) and crystal optics, Laserpod brings science and nature together to create ever-changing organic light forms of profound beauty.

Laserpod is one of the most innovative lighting products since the lavalamp of the sixties, simple in principal, Laserpod actually uses super advanced technology to generate the purest light known to man.

It is the patented invention of the innovative UK light artist Chris Levine, whose varied and ground breaking work in light has ranged from light sculptures for the band Massive Attack and some of the most leading edge fashion designers, to an historic hologram portrait of the Queen of England. His work is about the experience of seeing and the living power of light, an ethos that is distilled into Laserpod.

Laserpod uses three electronic lasers and three blue and purple LED's, chosen so that the combination of their wavelengths work as a background to the red laser to give a super sensory experience.

This intense light energy is projected through a crystal and the output of this wondrous device can be described as awe inspiring!

With the diffusers on top of the alloy cylinder, as supplied in the package, the effects are contained and Laserpod becomes a soothing ambient lamp.

The visual images start when the diffusers are removed-the light forms will radiate and project across an entire room and over great distances.

You can interact with Laserpod by placing anything optical on top of the unit, glass, crystal or clear plastics will all produce the most profoundly beautiful effects.

For the best Laserpod experience, the device should be activated in complete darkness when the more meditative and organic beams will be seen- these are extraordinary and are quite unique to Laserpod.

Laserpod is portable and can function for up to 8 hours on three AA batteries or run directly from mains on the powerpack.

Operating the LaserPod
Setting up the LaserPod took around 30 seconds. Just picked which diffuser I wanted to try out, plugged in the AC plug and voila, I was watching laser beams dancing before my eyes. By pressing the power switch, you get the options of either having a blue/aurora lights background or red haze background. I personally like the blue. Pressing it a third time will result in the LaserPod turning off. It's that easy!

Laserpod Reviews:
-> I4U LaserPod Review - Nov 2004
-> The Gadgeteer LaserPod Review - Dec 2004
-> Engadget LaserPod Review - Nov 2004

Laserpod package contains:
1 x Aluminium Laserpod Projector Lamp Unit
1 x Electroplated Tall Domed Diffuser
1 x Electroplated Small Domed Diffuser
1 x Crystal (set into base unit)
1 x Ridged Glass Refractor Lens
1 x DC Adaptor
3 x AA Alkaline Battery Compartment
1 x Laserpod Book of Light
1 x Warnings + Instructions Leaflet

Order your LaserPod here at Mr.Gadget Australia!