xinyue yang’s sensor-enabled lamp lights like fire

with her passion for electronics, coding and physical computing, xinyue yang creates ‘breeze’ — a lamp that replicates the natural experience of lighting a fire. similar to real life flames, the biomechanics require the user to slowly blow onto the lamp in order for it to get stronger and brighter.

‘breeze’ uses hall sensors to light up other lamps

yang’s product uses a microphone to detect any changes in airflow where the data will be translated into the brightness of the LED strip. with a soft blow, the lamp gets slightly brighter and a stronger blow extinguishes the light. ‘breeze’ is portable and can light up others once they get close to each other using hall sensors that detect the inbuilt magnets of the other lamps. 

breeze lamp 
video © xinyue yang 

finally, the designer envisions users mounting the product in their very own creative and inventive ways. for instance, using ‘breeze’ outside allows the natural wind to take over, creating an innovative interaction between form and function.

the different components of ‘breeze’

technical layout of the lamp

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