Different Applications Using Lights

After Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, people started apply the light bulb to their daily life. At first, it was known as a tool for illuminating dark spaces. However, people took the idea of a light and came up with different applications, such as giving signals to each other and also decorating spaces and things. People took this even further and created a device that helps people to set the mood or even psychiatrically soothe one’s mood.

Christmas Lights 1882

The first Christmas tree was lit by Edward Johnson (an inventor who worked under the direction of Edison) using electricity in 1882. Then they were mass produced around 1890. By 1900, department stores started using it for their Christmas displays.

Traffic lights 1912

The first red-green electric traffic light was invented by policeman Lester Wire in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the number of vehicles in America increased, the traffic light was a solution to manage the traffic flow in the streets. The traffic light signals a vehicle when to stop and go.

Turn Signals 1938

The turn signal was invented in 1907 and was introduced by Buick in 1938. This light informs the vehicle at your rear that you are turning left or right. By informing this to the vehicle on your rear, this prevents accidents from not keeping distance between vehicles.

Neon Signs 1923

The first neon lighting tube (applying electrical discharge to a sealed tube of neon gas to create a lamp) was invented by French engineer, chemist, and inventor Georges Claude in 1910. He patented the neon lighting tube on 1915. Then in 1923, Claude and his company introduced Neon Signs to the US. Neon lighting quickly became a popular fixture in outdoor advertising.

Mood Lights

These light are single LED lights that change color. By the light doing this, it helps the user to set different kinds of moods in their room and also creating different kinds of atmosphere to it. It is also scientifically proven that mood lights can help cure mental diseases.

Passed/Past (A Symbolic Application)

People constantly design and invent ways to remember the past. People often applied symbolic meanings through their designed objects. For example, enormously built tombs in remembrance of the dead king, icons or logos that symbolized a religion or tribe, tattoos that provided social status, monuments that symbolized an event occurred in the past, and tombstones that honored and helped people to remember the dead. Throughout history people had designed objects in remembrance of people or events.

The Egyptian Pyramid was the king’s tomb that was built in remembrance of the king after his death. It is also described as a “machine” to the afterlife.

The cross is the symbol of Christianity in remembrance of Jesus dying on the cross to redeem the world. However, before Jesus died on the cross the cross was a symbol of curse. It was a device for executing the worst criminals in the Roman Empire. The cross is also a tool for Christians to remember and thank Jesus for going through a tremendous amount of pain and redeeming Christians from their sin.

The Russian Mafia tattoos are a symbol that provides detailed information of the wearer. The Russian Mafias rank their members by different types of tattoo. When a member does something wrong they are forced to have a special type of tattoo so that the wearer can remember his faults and not repeat the same mistake.

The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of liberty and freedom of America. This statue was deliberately built for the American people to look at the statue and remember what idea America was based upon, liberty.

The Memorial Hall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a symbolic wall that honors the members of the US Armed Force who died in the Vietnam War. The wall has the veterans’ names engraved on. Not only to honor the veterans, but this wall’s purpose was to remember them for eternity.