Toshiba has switched on the first part of its LED Louvre project, literally lighting up the world famous museum in a ceremony attended by Pocket-lint.

The Japanese company showed off the first stage of its renewal of the external lighting at...

Leonardo da Vinci, Antoine Watteau, Johannes Vermeer, Michelangelo and Toshiba - just some of the notable names whose work lights up the Louvre in Paris.

Yes, Toshiba - you read that correctly. The Japanese company has just announced that it...

You may have read on Pocket-lint last week that Google wants to power your whole house, and everything in it, with its Project Tungsten, aka Android @ Home.

And that reality could be a step closer as NXP Semiconductors has announced some web-connected...

Technology giant Toshiba has announced that it's entirely ceasing production of incandescent lightbulbs - a product that it's been making for more than 120 years.

Production of lightbulbs in Japan was started in 1890 by Ichisuke Fujioka, one...

Ideal illumination for bookworms, the Bedside Booklight new from Firebox not only offers a soft glow perfect to read to, but has a cunning design for a clever purpose.

As you'll see from the images the frosted glass lamp is house-shaped...

Croatian artist and self-confessed robot fan, Robert Matysiak, has been working on his Robolamps devices for the last 2 years and is now looking to exhibit the designs to a wider audience.

As the name suggests, the Robolamps - measuring from...

A new gadget has launched to help insomniacs get some sleep. "LightSleeper", described as a "bedside electronic sleep aid", offers a tech alternative to counting sheep.

LightSleeper projects a light onto the ceiling in a controlled, circular...

Lighting for conspiracy theorists has arrived at Firebox with the launch of the Alien Abduction Lamp.

Offering a "high quality perspex beam", along with a "removable bovine abductee" the lamp also boasts "real fake grass".

It's...

Fans of retro style will be pleased to see the Mathmos Fireflow, an authentic-looking lava lamp that works on candle power.

In chrome-finished cast zinc alloy it's powered by a single tea light that will get the lava moving after about...

Following Gadget4All's launch of lights resembling a keyboard's shift and control keys, more options have been added.

Sadly not the tab key we predicted, now also available are escape and delete. At this rate of release, you'll be able to construct...

More lighting options for geeks has arrived with Gadget4All's launch of its new shift and control lights.

The light-up, giant keys are turned on and off with a push and measure 155 x 130 x 77mm.

Available in white or yellow,...

If you're the type of competitive parent whose kid's next party has to be bigger and better than the last kid's, you might want to note this new product.

The illoom balloons, sold in packs of five, are essentially light-up balloons that...

Addressing the age-old problem of how to get a torch to shine in exactly the right spot when you're using both your hands, Firebox is offering the Striker Mine torch.

Smaller than a golf ball, the torch's tough ABS body is dotted with 12...

Still your beating hearts, LEGO fans, here's details of LEGO's new LED lighting range that is sure to appeal to collectors and kids alike. The new products are available in mini-fig sizes right up to a 22.5cm "lantern".

As far as the mini-figs...

Yup. It's another daft memory solution from Brando.

This time round you're looking at a flash drive shaped like a light bulb.

Available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, the drive boasts plug and play operation and the fact that...