Mauricio Clavero has designed a street lamp that is solar powered and only uses a third of its energy unless its built-in motion detectors sense someone walking by. The lamp is built using LEDs and can be placed in area with no access to electricity due to its attached solar panels.

It comes in two versions: urban and country side. The differences between the two? Well, you got us there, but there’s most likely a difference in performance since you don’t often see streetlights in the countryside.
This is great for money conservation, but it could be a bit weird to be the only person walking down a street at night and having each lamp you pass turn on fully. It’s an interesting idea, nonetheless.

A new kind of street lamp called a “Seagull Light” has been spotted at Panasonic’s technology center in Tokyo. These lamps generate the power required to drive them by harvesting wind and solar power. Their cost is quickly covered by the money saved on electricity bills, says Panasonic. As an added bonus, they look very stylish, especially when the wind turbine is spinning.

We think it’s great that Panasonic is developing ways to save electricity and money in such an eco-friendly way. So far it is not clear whether the new lamps will become a commercial product or not, but replacing as many traditional lights as possible with these could save many a penny on electricity bills for cities worldwide.