I’m obsessed with candles. The scents! The mood lighting! The aesthetic! My candle collection ranges from affordable single wicks from Ikea that I burn with abandon to three-wick splurges that I light ...

Editor's Note: There is a photo associated with this release. Ignite Lighters, creators of an award-winning line of flameless, electronic USB pocket lighters, is crowdfunding their latest innovation, ...

One day there will be no more need for flames. [slider2732] has put yet another nail in the coffin of this most ancient of all technology by making a candle that uses a flicker LED that you blow out.

Humans like things that look like other things. A great example are faux LED tea light candles, with a plastic “flame” and flickering orange LED to recreate the effect of their waxy brethren.

This circuit creates a set of LED-based electronic birthday candles that are just as much fun as blowing out wax candles, but are also reusable, scalable, and even eco-friendly. It uses a thermal ...

An earlier Idea for Design described LED “candles” that you could blow out just like normal birthday candles. This update provides a better "blow-out" simulation ...

This design was developed by request of a correspondent having made a sort of LED candle and needing to switch off the LED with a puff. This simple, easy to build gadget can be useful as a prop for ...