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World’s First Liquid-Cooled LED Lightbulb Perfectly Pairs With Silly Gaming PCs
11:40AM Dan Nosowitz | Eternaleds announced their new Hydrolux-4 LED lightbulb, the very first liquid-cooled bulb in the world. The bulbs are incredibly energy-efficient compared to either incandescent or CFL bulbs, and come with a price tag to match. More »
Gadgets
The LED Wine Glass Light Bulb, You Know, For Drunks
8:00AM Mark Wilson | Twenty LEDs illuminate this wine glass light bulb. But for $US120, the money may be better spent on a nice vintage…or maybe like a lifetime supply of Miller High Life. [
Peripherals
Bird Pendant Decorates Exposed Bulbs the Easiest Way
8:30AM Mark Wilson | Hanging a real light fixture can be hard. But snapping a metal bird to a lightbulb? Easy. More »
Design
Putting Heatsinks on Light Bulbs Makes for Some Crazy Bulb Designs
6:45AM Adam Frucci | Who knew that lightbulb design could suddenly become so interesting? Since we’re all well aware that regular old light bulbs are bad for the environment, we’re seeing new designs for LED bulbs come in. And man, they’re strange looking. More »
Design
X-Ray Bulb Lamps X-Ray Themselves Only
11:45PM Mark Wilson | When we originally spotted the X-ray bulb lamp, we imagined an awesome Halloween party scattered with black light and some amazing bulb that showed our skeletons. Alas, the X-ray lamp only shows its own guts, in a sense, displaying the X-ray of an incandescent or CFL bulb. Intended for exhibition at the moment, we hope that X-ray bulbs hit that market one day—whether it be these pieces of art or some neato bulb that lets us examine the contents of a beloved’s stomach. [Samulnoli via technabob] More »
Gadgets
ESL Bulbs Are Better Than CFLs and LEDs, Says Company
7:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Another contender has stepped into the ring of energy efficient lighting: called ESL (electron-stimulated luminescence), this new type of bulb works by using accelerated electrons to light up a phosphor coating on the inside of a glass bulb. ESLs can turn on instantly, can work with dimmers, and creates a light quality that’s similar to incandescents and halogens. More »
Entertainment
Brendan Koerner Teaches Stephen Colbert About CFLs and the Environment
9:00AM Benny Goldman | Friend of Giz and contributing editor Brendan I. Koerner was on the Colbert Report last night to school Stephen on ways to save the environment. Koerner discussed the paper/plastic debate, using air conditioning vs. windows, and whether it’s cheaper to buy CFLs or regular bulbs. Colbert let the green-concious Koerner off pretty easy, but he did manage to raise a fascinating point: If CFLs weren’t meant to be licked, why do they look so damn delicious? [The Colbert Report, Brendan Koerner] More »
Design
Vaka Squeezable Lightbulbs Can Be Charged And Taken Anywhere
6:20AM Adrian Covert | Vaka’s concept for lightbulbs revolves around silicon orbs that you squeeze to turn the light on/off, or twist to make the light dimmer or brighter. But the bulbs are also chargeable, meaning you can remove them from the fixture and take them wherever light is needed…like those village raids against the local vampire. [Yanko] More »
Science
Planilum Light Emitting Glass Can Illuminate Your Home For 20 Years
7:10AM Sean Fallon | With fluorescents and LEDs making major headway in the market, energy efficient alternatives to the incandescent bulb are becoming big business. That having been said, the next big thing could be coming out of a partnership between Saazs and Saint-Gobain Innovations in the form of Planilum—the “world’s first light emitting glass.” Planilum is only 2 cms thick and is composed of four layers of special glass, a rare gas and serigraphed phosphors—which will give you 500,000 hours or around 20 years of normal usage. More »
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