What do you think flashlights will look like in the future?

They will look as they always have, like Rockets, Dildos, or Clubs. Take your choice.

This is a very philosophical question.

In my opinion, I really cant see much change happening. I think flashlight technology has either peaked or is close to it. We have gotten to the point where we burn our hand from the heat. So what would be the next step? That we burn our entire arm?

I think we will have a greater variety of LED’s , I think batteries will improve. However these advancements are evolutionary and not revolutionary.

To conquer heat, we would have to have a metal that does not conduct heat at all. Does it exist?

The real areas of improvement would be in an interface. Operating the Andruil interface with one button is equivalent to trying to operate a computer without a monitor. So programming a light from a computer would be a huge step in the right direction.

I don’t know if anyone on this forum is familiar with Baofeng radios. These cost as little as $20 and are programable with a PC interface and a free program. Yes you can still program 500 channels by hand and it would take you a month but with the program it can happen in minutes. This is the technology our lights can use.

three things:

1. a power source (battery?) that charges itself by RF signals which reach everywhere.
2. a form factor resembling a paper clip or safety pin and weighs about the same.
3. a cost approaching “give-away” status for anything under 500LM.

My dystopian point of view...

  • lithium resources in Bolivia will soon be exhausted
  • stock market value of natural resources like aluminum will explode
  • war for resources has just begun, political destabilizing is imminent
  • electrification of vehicles is not sustainable
  • Soylent Green™ is people!

So, what will flashlights of the future look like?

Man … that’s dark !

He’ll, if aluminum becomes more expensive than copper, perhaps they will all ship in copper.

Emisar!

I’d like to see the shake light make a comeback with newer technology. :money_mouth_face:

More flashlight powered by body heat would be interesting if the planet is going to keep getting warmer anyways.

For anything in the future, they must have those Space Age rings around them, like

Nothing screams FUTURE!! like those Space Age rings.

3 Space Needles and a Nazzi Magnetic pulsar ring?
What is that?

I see now, World’s Fair leftover stuff.
Cool for it’s day though.

At least it’s high-CRI.

Humans will evolve faster than the torch. Soon we will be able to see in complete darkness.

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

We’ll all be “snobs” or “CRI grown ups” :stuck_out_tongue:

Batteries will be getting smaller and more energy dense, so I see a shift towards smaller form factors. Reflectors will gradually be phased out for optics of various kinds, and LEDs will get more efficient with better cd/mm² so you won’t need a big xhp70.2 to efficiently make 5000 lumens and throw far. Drivers are also improving. I think we will see more buck/boost drivers soon.

Hate to break it to you, but the Brain Disintegrater is already a reality

And it looks like this

In the future we will all have “Surgical shine job” that let us see in the dark…

Exactly

Can’t be any good, ’cause it ain’t got any Space Age rings.

People of the future will not be able to see anything clearly farther than 70cm. So, all they need is a smartphone camera light. :-D