We tested the three forms we developed and found that out of the three prototypes the Light Stick model was the brightest. Later in the week, we received the clear medical tubing. The tubing we ordered was not nearly as moldable as we had expected it to be; however this began to push our design thinking in a different direction. We made a more refined prototype of the light stick model using the clear medical tubing. Although we were happy with the results of the tubing, we wanted to find a way to increase the light.
We took a look at the D-Light for inspiration. We took the light apart to how how exactly it was configured. Taking the D-light apart was actually far more difficult than we had initially imagined, many of the parts are made in such a way that once the pieces are put together the only way to take them apart is by cutting them. In order to take the D-light apart, we needed to saw the clear plastic part off of the orange part at the top.
The plastic surface of the light has a frosted treatment that helps to defuse the light. In an attempt to create this same kind of affect, we used sandpaper to frost the exterior surface of the tubing. We then created a second model for testing.
Although the frosting of the tubing made a significant difference, we still were not sure if this was the brightest light we could make. We started to play around with the idea of taking the tubing out of the bottle. We tested just the frosted tube and determined that the light quality was actually much better, much clearer. Taking the light tube out of the water helped to centralize the light, rather than diffuse it throughout the space of the room thus reducing the intensity of the light.
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