iCandleLight

Light your World using your iPad or iPhone

We're a small company based in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and we have a bright idea. We've developed a product that turns your iPad or iPhone into a beautiful flickering candle or mood light. We're calling it the iCandleLight and it comes in two sizes - one for your iPad and one for your iPhone.

The iCandleLight is perfect for use in any situation where you would have previously used a candle - and also many other situations where a candle isn't a suitable option. Place it in the centre of your table for a romantic dinner, or in your bedroom to create the perfect mood. Alternately, turn off the flickering effect and use it while out camping as a reading and night light, or use it to create a range of lighting effects in a living or family room. 

The iCandleLight never needs cleaning, never goes outs, and will never accidentally burn something placed over it. It doesn't smell or smoke when extinguished, is easily transportable, and it can play music (via the iDevice) and turn itself off after a predefined period of time so you never have to worry about it - something a real candle will never be able to do. Add some essence to the well on the top of the light and it can even smell like a real candle - you'll never need to buy another candle again. Combine multiple iCandleLights with your friends to create an endless array of dramatic lighting effects.

The iCandleLight is moulded from a single piece of reinforced frosted borosilicate glass. The iPad or iPhone slots into the bottom of the moulded glass and on top of a leather base. The iCandleLight has been designed so that the music functions of the iPad and iPhone are still accessible. The light does not obscure the speakers of either device and, additionally, there is a hole in the front of the light, at its base, so that the headphone socket can be accessed to connect to external speakers. 

The lighting effects created by the iCandleLight are controlled by a free downloadable app. Choose from an alternating color, lava lamp, flickering candle or single color effect.  The lava lamp or realistic flickering candle effects are created by projecting shapes and colors of varying intensities and durations from the bright LED display of the iDevice on to the custom shaped reflector attached to the inside of the lamp. This in turn projects the effect on to the frosted glass on the outside of the light. The finished effect is realistic and stunning.

We're asking for funding of $10,000 to get our first manufacturing run produced and to get the iCandleLight on the market. The bulk of the funds will pay for moulds, tooling and final artwork development. The balance will go towards the direct costs of production.  Your contribution will allow you to be one of the first to get your hands on one of these exciting new products.

Thanks

Andrew (on behalf of the iCandleLight Team)