light bulbs
Gadgets
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
Light Bulb Condom Does Not Protect Against STDs, Only the Dreaded EU
6:00AM Sean Fallon | Depending on your location, you may have heard that the European Union is banning all frosted incandescent bulbs in order to stimulate the adoption of efficient lighting. This bulb condom helps get around the rule. More »
Gadgets
LED Bulb Life Spans Are Not What They Seem
10:30AM Sean Fallon | Based on our experience with incandescent bulbs, when we hear that an LED will last 25-50,000 hours, most of us assume that’s when the bulb will burn out. However, that is not the case. More »
Gadgets
LED Bulb Features Gnarly Golden Heatsink
11:20PM Mark Wilson | LED light bulbs come in all sorts of strange sizes and shapes, but this offering from Chinavision is unabashed in its design. More »
Gadgets
Lazy ‘Eco’ Panasonic Lighting Glows Only As Brightly As It Needs To
12:40AM Mark Wilson | Panasonic has just announced a new fluorescent light fixture that’s extra energy efficient. Responding to ambient light (from the sun, etc), the light will adjust its output accordingly to save electricity while maintaining brightness. More »
Science
New $US3 Light Bulb 12 Times More Efficient, Lasts 60 Years
4:20AM Jesus Diaz | Cambridge University researchers have developed a $US3 LED-based lightbulb that is 12 times more efficient than regular tungsten light bulbs, three times more than low energy ones. It lights up instantly, lasting for 100,000 hours, More »
Design
Light Bulb Speakers Put Sound In Your Lamps
5:00AM Sean Fallon | The more concepts I see involving speakers in light bulbs, the more I love it. So far, the latest incarnation from designer Castiglione Morelli is definitely the best of the bunch.
Design
SoundBulb: A Light Bulb and a Speaker All-in-One
3:40AM Sean Fallon | After being blown away by the Concert Breeze ceiling fan at CES, we are all about cramming speakers where there were no speakers before. The SoundBulb concept applies that philosophy to the common light bulb. More »
QOTD
Question of the Day: Have You Made the Switch to CFLs?
7:00AM Sean Fallon | Given the focus on “greenness” and energy efficiency these days, you have probably been bombarded with messages about tossing out your old incandescent bulbs for CFLs. It is definitely an easy way to save a few bucks on your electric bill, but in many cases there can be a trade-off in light quality. This has become less of an issue in recent years, but I’m sure it still keeps people on the fence about switching. But what about you? Have you made the switch? More »
Science
