[Gilles Messier] at the Our Own Devices YouTube channel recently took a look at an interesting device — an electric lantern powered by a candle. At first glance, this sounds completely absurd.

They’re selling items that look high-end for an affordable price. That includes one of the best-selling lantern candle holders, which look like a Pottery Barn style five times the price.

The first step for making solar lanterns is collecting the right materials. Used plastic bottles are cleaned well to remove ...

Candles. Lanterns. Torches. Campfires. They give off beautiful light, but not very much of it. (Well, except for full-frame flames like that at top left. And don’t be concerned—it’s not a ...

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A city news release said they are also known as Chinese lanterns, Kongming lanterns or sky candles. The city said they are hazardous because they can ignite combustible vegetation or buildings and ...