There is a small subset of people who both remember the 1960s and yet were there. Of them , some will remember the lava lamp, a hippy device whose psychedelic lure was strong enough to distract the stoned away from their junk food munchies for whole minutes at a time.
Mathmos is still the English maker of the lava lamp, but another product in the lineup is much more impressive. That is the Airswitch range of lights, closely related to its rather lower class, inbred cousin, the Clapper. The ambientastic lamps are controlled by elegant waves of the hand, much as the Queen of England gives to her subjects as she cruises through freshly painted streets in her Rolls Royce.
To control the Airswitch, you move your hand vertically to dim and brighten it, and to switch on or off a nonchalant horizontal chop will do the trick. Easy, even when high.
The lamps start at a reasonable £50 ($73) and climb to $175, but all work in the same way. Available now from a head shop near you.
Product page [Mathmos via Shiny Shiny]
