light bulbs

Philips Dimmable LED Review: So Much Light, So Little Juice

If it glows like, works like and even dims like an incandescent, it must be an incandescent bulb, right? Wrong. The 8W Philips EnduraLED only draws a fifth of the power to produce the same warm illumination as the filament bulbs you’ve already got.


Samsung LED Lamp Review: This Light Bulb Lasts A Generation

Television-based web browsing, Facebook-integrated refrigerators, iPad-enabled potties — this multifunctionality craze is getting out of hand, often at the cost of a device’s performance. Samsung’s latest LED bulb however does the one thing it was designed to do really, really well.


Light Bulbs Are The Best And Worst Balls For A Newton’s Cradle

Newton’s Cradle is well-known for its repeating clicks, and gracing the desks of executives everywhere. This fragile, but awesome installation by Yasutoki Kariya changes things up a bit by using light bulbs instead of metal spheres. Surprisingly, they manage not to shatter.


Here It Is: The World’s First Remote-Controlled (LED) Light Bulb

Don’t you hate getting all bundled up under the covers, your pillows in the perfect scrunch position under your head, only to realise you didn’t turn out the lamp on the opposite end of the room and there’s no way you’ll be able to sleep with that bright bulb shining in your eyes all night? I do. And I do this all the time.


Recently Opened Time Capsule Contains 100 Year-Old Lightbulbs That Still Work

Engineers at GE’s NELA Park facility recently discovered five intact lightbulbs inside a 100-year-old time capsule. And much to the delight of the dudes over in marketing, three of the century-old bulbs still work.


The Android @ Home Lights You’ll Switch On With Your Phone

Part of me wishes Google had gone with the Plumen light bulbs instead of Lighting Science Group’s bulb, but I guess they had their reasons. The 60-watt bulbs can be dimmed or brightened with a touch of an Android device.


What Is This Cruel And Unusual Torture Instrument?

Inspired by Thomas Edison, designer David Krawczyk created an ancient-looking alarm clock (10 points to the man in the back, well done!) with light bulbs that glow when stuck into the desired wake-up time. Tremendously nerdy “fun”. [Coroflot via Walyou]


A Bright Idea For The Heavier Loads

When his hooks kept breaking from too-heavy loads, “Whamodyne” found the perfect solution: light bulbs filled with concrete. Strong enough to withstand the heaviest of coats, you can either buy them or make your own. [Etsy and Instructables via Core77]


Two Lamps, One Bulb

If you can ignore the apparent violent tug of war going on between these two lamps, this prototype design by design firm mischer’traxler is quite pretty. Just don’t knock it over – that bulb looks difficult to replace. [Core77]


Halogen-CFL Hybrid Light Bulb Gets Instant Full Brightness

General Electric’s new halogen-compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulb solves the main complain people have about CFL: It takes too much time to achieve full brightness level. I don’t care too much about that, but it’s really neat looking.