Image of the Day: The surprisingly simple, fully operational, levitating light bulb

The image above is the Flyte Levitating Light, a new bulb that has taken to Kickstarter in hopes of gathering the fiscal support it needs in order to go into mass production. 

The technology behind this fancy contraption is actually pretty simple. Magnets keep the bulb afloat roughly an inch above it base, where, hidden in the compartment, an inductive coil has been placed to wirelessly power the bulb’s LED. 

Because of this unique set up, you can remove the bulb and wirelessly charge your smartphone by laying it atop the base.

It’s all based on Nikola Tesla’s wireless power system, and transmits a completely pet safe and child harmless 5V via the system’s power module.

Put it all together and you have a bulb that appears to magically float sans wires. 

Flyte is on Kickstarter in hopes of gathering $80,000 in order to bring this idea to the mass public. Should the campaign achieve this benchmark, it plans on having the product out by October 2015. 

There’s no suggested retail price available just yet, but one can ascertain a neighborhood range based on the fact that a $250 donation to the campaign will secure you a single Flyte Levitating Light. That makes it by far one of the more expensive lamps on the market, but you have to give it to the inventor – Simon Morris – it’s definitely one of the coolest. 

Learn more about the Flyte Levitating Light – or contribute to the campaign – via the product’s Kickstarter page.