Lightbulb

Geek Out

Why Do All The Christmas Lights Go Out When Only One Bulb Blows?

9:00AM December 26, 2010 | Casey Chan

If you’ve dabbled in Christmas decorations with traditional Christmas lights, you’ll know that when one bulb blows, the entire line goes out with it. Why is that? Because of how the manufacturers wire them. More »


Gadgets

Lightbulb Labels Will Start To Look Like Nutrition Facts

4:00AM June 29, 2010 | Casey Chan

Soon, when you buy a new light bulb you’ll see a new Nutrition Facts-style label that details the numbers most important to you: how bright the bulb is, what the energy cost is and when they’ll burn out. More »


Gadgets

Hot Electric Metal Encased In A Sphere Of Glass

9:30AM December 1, 2009 | Brian Lam

LEDs are efficient. But by choice, my house is still bathed in the warm glow of hot electrified metal, in a bulb of glass and inert gas. More »


Oyule Light Bulbs: The Cheekiest Light Bulb Around

3:00AM November 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Oyule Light Bulbs are filled with paraffin and use a wick instead of a filament, so basically they become what the light bulb replaced: A paraffin lamp. More »


Sharp LED Lightbulbs Sets The White Point To Your Entire House

10:40PM June 11, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Why change the camera white point when you can actually change the entire room white point and leave your camera fixed? OK, that doesn’t make any sense at all, but you can do it with the new Sharp LED lamps. More »