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hands-free proof that your forehead deserves a spotlight too.
means A lamp worn on the head or mounted at the front of a vehicle, casting light wherever you point your face or your front bumper.
from A plain compound of "head" and "lamp." "Head" comes from Old English "hēafod" (a Germanic word, cousin to Dutch "hoofd" and German "Haupt"), and "lamp" travels back through Old French "lampe" to Latin "lampas" and ultimately Greek "lampas," a torch — from the verb "lampein," to shine. So "headlamp" literally stacks a Germanic body part atop a Greek torch. The word came into use in the 19th century for the forward lights on locomotives and early vehicles, and later got strapped to the foreheads of miners, cavers, and campers.
- miner origin
- Born underground when miners needed light and free hands
- red mode
- Red beam preserves night vision for stargazers and soldiers
- runaway success
- Modern LED versions outlast their batteries by thousands of hours
- blinded friends
- Forgetting to dim it makes you everyone's least favorite camper
petzl myo rxp — rechargeable headlamp with 550 lumens, popular for caving and climbing
black diamond icon evo — compact 500 lumen headlamp used by mountaineers on everest
noctua f12 pwm — computer cooling fan sometimes mounted as headlamp mod by diy enthusiasts