Gallery: A Lamp With a Mind of Its Own, Inspired by Charles Darwin
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*Species of Illumination* consists of a pair of robotic lamps that respond to light in their environment. *Photo: Bob de Graaf*
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The lamps are named Darwin and Wallace, after Charles Darwin and Albert Russel Wallace, who each developed a theory of evolution. *Photo: Bob de Graaf*
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Darwin, the wheeled bot, zips around a space bringing light to the darkest spots, while Wallace hangs lazily from the ceiling chasing light sources that cross its path. *Photo: Bob de Graaf*
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When designer Bob de Graaf brought early prototypes to a park an old lady tried to feed it, a man in a wheel chair raced it, and toddlers treated it like a pet. *Photo: Bob de Graaf*
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"My goal was to create forms and movement that you would recognize as natural, but at the same time aren't directly referring to a certain plant or animal," says de Graaf. *Photo: Bob de Graaf*
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