Blow Light: the wind generated LED toy

While the message of living a greener life seems to be pounded into our ears on a regular basis, it's never too early to get your offspring in on the energy-conserving fun. The Blow Light toy from Nigel's Eco Store features a simplistic, kid-friendly design that's sure to require a lot of attention, as the miniature pinwheel doesn't light up and excite without a little effort on your youngster's behalf. The internal blue and green LED lights remain dormant until a gust of wind (or hot air) starts the spinning, subsequently lighting up the device and eliciting smiles all around. Of course, with no batteries required, the price on this uber-green toy tends to be a bit higher than the mass market alternatives, but at least your £9.99 ($20) won't be fueling the proverbial fire.

[Via Inhabitat]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2007 6:20AM]

i hope its washable,, i can imagine how much kiddy spit gets all over it... ewwwww..

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2007 7:51AM]

I don't know about spit; I see a lot of people creating wind elsewhere in an attempt to light it up.

[stridermt2k Posted Apr 27th 2007 7:57AM]

This seems kinda cool, and the price is sure to drop if they become the worthless toy Du Jour, which I am hoping they do.

Hacking potential there perhaps...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2007 10:47AM]

Well, they got that idea backwards! Should be generating wind using a solar cell! then it'd be useful! :P

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2007 11:27AM]

This Blows

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2007 12:43PM]

Bought one of these a couple of weeks ago as a novelty toy. After showing it to my daughter, doing the blowing on it thing and the hold it in front of an electric fan thing, we stuck it in the garden outside our window. Takes quite a bit of wind to get that satisfying night time glow.

Good bit of fun though!!!

[feralchimp Posted Apr 27th 2007 1:44PM]

$20USD per unit makes for one expensive hilltop wind visualizer...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2007 3:45PM]

Looks like they don't ship this POS to the U.S.

I say "POS" only after I found out it doesn't ship to the U.S. Before I found that out, it wasn't a POS. (just for the record).