The Jellyfish by Shameel from united arab emirates

The Jellyfish :

Sensing is a very vital act for all living beings. Living organisms including Humans, measures, compares and subsequently react to the environment around through various sensory organs. Some of these powerful and astonishing acts are often taken for granted such that one does not even realize its existence. One of the common moments were the act of sensing is appreciated and often highlighted is when a growing child showcases it. Another instance were one appreciates sensing, is when an non organic and artificial object measures or responds to the way living organisms does.

This notion has been taken as the departure point for the design of the Jelly fish. Jelly fish is a ceiling lamp that adapts to its environment. First sensorial feature of the design is that it tracks time by calculating the amount of ambient light present in the room. The ambient light is directly related to the availability of the sunlight. As the day progresses, the ambient light of the room increases, which inturn triggers a twist action on the upper part of the lamp. The twist action is made possible through a servo motor that relates to maximum and minimum ambient light.

The lamp's skin is made up of strips of flexible plastic that can easily take up the twisting. At initial position the lamp is in the form of a pure cylinder and as it twist gives rise to another interesting geometric profile. The twisting progresses to a maximum of 240 degrees as the day progresses. It then returns to its initial position as the sun rises on the following day.

The second sensorial feature of the Jellyfish light lamp is that responds to persons motion around it. It would track the movement of the person in a subtle way and provide maximum light towards the direction of the person. This is achieved by having the strips to move vertically down from its top end using a stepper motor. The lamp behaves like a swarm whereby each lamp takes a different position depending on the proximity of the person.

Conventional lamps are static and only responds at the time of switching on. Such lamps do not play any role during the day but is mostly used in the evening. Jellyfish on the other hand has a role to play through out the day. One would find it in different positions and profiles even when the actual light is not switched on. The motion of the light resembles the free flowing and casual movement of the jellyfish found in our oceans. Some jelly fish also has a light that it uses in deep ocean.