LED Flashlight Brings Power and Light to Geeks

January 6th, 2010 admin
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LAS VEGAS — Walk into a  Costco and $20 LED flashlights line the aisles. To turn it into a product that’s at least ten times more expensive requires some engineering. The result is the mPower Illuminator– a sleek, expensive emergency flashlight that’s packs 180 lumens into a palm-sized product. With its brushed titanium and chrome finish, the Illuminator is a good-looking enough device.  After all, it has been designed by the Porsche design studio. LEDs are increasingly replacing old-fashioned bulbs in flashlights because they consume lower power and can offer brighter light. The mPower Illuminator tries to go beyond that. It has a USB port on the side so …


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