A Super-Efficient Light Bulb 468
Chroniton writes with news of a Silicon Valley company, Luxim, that has developed a tiny, full-spectrum light bulb, based on a plasma of argon gas, that gives off as much light as a streetlight while using less power. The Tic Tac-sized bulb operates at temperatures up to 6000K and produces 140 lumens/watt, almost ten times as efficient as standard incandescent lamps, and twice the efficiency of high-end LEDs. The new bulbs also have a lifetime of 20,000 hours. There's no mention of mercury or other heavy metals, which pose a problem for compact fluorescents.
That's all well and good... (Score:5, Funny)
Full sun spectrum?? (Score:1, Funny)
cancerous while stay indoor?
Long life projectors (Score:3, Funny)
In Soviet Russia (Score:1, Funny)
Ok, sombody's got to say it..... (Score:5, Funny)
they tell you in the video (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Long life projectors (Score:1, Funny)
Small world: your mom makes porn in my basement.
Re:Beware - Parent post links to a virus (Score:3, Funny)
Don't click that link
Re:Not as low energy as you think (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Light pollution (Score:2, Funny)
Porch light? Tiki torch? Grill earlier? Surely there's a better answer than running a streetlight 8-12 hours a day just in case you might be grilling.
Re:Light pollution (Score:2, Funny)
I just leave the Christmas lights up.
--Charles Griswold
Re:Long life projectors (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Halving power usage of streetlights, easy. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Light pollution (Score:3, Funny)
So what you're saying is that the problem will propably solve itself sooner or later ?