A Little Light Reading

Heavy readers and light sleepers often make strained bedfellows. Now technology has given us LightWedge ($35), a sleek alternative to those dorky little book lamps. Illuminated by a strip of bright LEDs, the thin pane of plastic sits flat over the pages of any standard hardcover and enables bookworms to read in a dark bedroom, on airplanes, on trains or anywhere else without disturbing others nearby.