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2. Bicycle lighting - Wikipedia

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   Red light on the back of a bicycle Early bicycle lighting: candle lamps, oil lamps and carbide lamps Early bicycle lamps and two early bottle dynamos (1935). Bicycle lighting is illumination attached to bicycles whose purpose above all is, along with reflectors, to improve the visibility of the bicycle and its rider to other road users under circumstances of poor ambient illumination.

3. Hub dynamo - Wikipedia

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   A hub dynamo is a small electrical generator built into the front hub of a bicycle wheel that is usually used to power lights. Often the hub "dynamo" is not actually a dynamo, which creates DC, but a low-power magneto that creates AC. Most modern hub dynamos are regulated to 3 watts at 6 volts, although some will drive up to 6 watts at 12 volts.

4. Safety reflector - Wikipedia

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   Retroreflector and Cat-Eye on a bicycle. A bicycle reflector or prism reflector is a common safety device found on the rear, front and wheels of bicycles. It uses the principle of retroreflection to alert another road user of the bicycle's presence on the road. The reflector is usually manufactured in the form of a moulded tile of transparent ...

5. Light Cycle - Wikipedia

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   Light Cycles became well known in popular culture as one of the first mainstream cinematic appearances of a sports bike [citation needed], and have been called symbols of futurism and posthumanism. In an analysis, author Esperanza Miyake interpreted the Light Cycles of the original Tron as representations of male power: only men get the chance ...

6. Mechanically powered flashlight - Wikipedia

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   A dyno torch, dynamo torch, or squeeze flashlight is a flashlight or pocket torch which generates energy via a flywheel.The user repeatedly squeezes a handle to spin a flywheel inside the flashlight, attached to a small generator/dynamo, supplying electric current to an incandescent bulb or light-emitting diode.

7. Light-emitting diode - Wikipedia

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   An LED strip, tape, or ribbon light is a flexible circuit board populated by surface-mount light-emitting diodes (SMD LEDs) and other components that usually comes with an adhesive backing. Traditionally, strip lights had been used solely in accent lighting, backlighting, task lighting, and decorative lighting applications, such as cove lighting.