Remember that crazy contraption from the Carl Sagan novel turned movie Contact that whisked off Jodie Foster to communicate with a representative of a highly-advanced civilization? Just imagine that, but without the time-space continuum travel capabilities...just the cool lights...and then you have Lucie Koldová's LED powered Orbital Light overhead lamp...

The Orbital Light was "designed for grand-scale interiors and halls" according to Lucie Koldová's website, but we're hoping it becomes available commercially so we light our own "lab" while donating some computational power via SETI@home.

[via msetsondesign]

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