News tagged with incandescent light bulb
Company Claims ESLs to be the Future of Light Bulbs (w/ Video)
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are currently the primary alternative to incandescent light bulbs, a company from Seattle predicts that its own novel light bulbs will eventually replace ...
Lights out for old 100-watt bulbs in EU next week
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Old-style 100-watt light bulbs will be banned in Europe's shops from next week in favour of new energy-saving models, but consumers groups on Wednesday gave the move a guarded welcome.
EarthTalk: What are some low-cost ways to make a home green?
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Dear EarthTalk: What are some simple low-cost improvements I can do to my home to make it greener? (Stefan Lonce, via e-mail)
Diode lights offer bright future for low energy
May 13, 2009 |
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German scientists said Wednesday they had tweaked organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) -- the materials used in flat-screen TVs, laptop computer screens and mobile phone displays -- to become flexible, energy-efficient ...
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'Light within a light' offers CFL efficiency with incandescent bulb shape
Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the coming weeks, General Electric will start selling a new "ship in a bottle" lightbulb - a fluorescent spiral bulb trapped inside a traditional incandescent-shaped bulb.
Silicon Light Bulbs to Compete with Fluorescent Bulbs
Mar 06, 2008 |
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Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1880, and, since the 1920s, the incandescent light bulb has remained largely unchanged. While that's a testament to Edison's ingenuity, it's also a bulb that uses up ...
Researchers shine light on compact fluorescent bulb problems
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Long touted as an energy-saving alternative for home lighting, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) now have the potential to be even more efficient, as well as dimmable, thanks to research at Queen's University.
Lighter, cheaper, LED light bulbs are starting to enter the marketplace
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Just when you were finally warming up to the idea of swapping out your old light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones, you may soon find a new alternative at your local hardware store.
World's smallest incandescent (nano)lamp with carbon nanotube filament
May 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics -- two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics -- a team from the UCLA Department of Physics ...
Are we trading energy conservation for toxic air emissions?
Oct 01, 2008 |
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A team of Yale scientists has found that certain countries and some U.S. states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more than others in the fight against global warming. Some places may even produce ...
Dean Kamen's LED Island Goes Off the Grid
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dean Kamen, best known as the inventor of the Segway scooter and a thought-controlled prosthetic arm, has taken a personal interest in reducing energy consumption.
Regular Light Bulbs Made Super-Efficient with Ultra-Fast Laser
May 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An ultra-powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers, say optics researchers at the University of Rochester. The process could make a light as bright as a 100-watt ...
LED there be light
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Q: How many LED engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
U.S. urges using compact fluorescent bulbs
Oct 03, 2007 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy launched its "Change a Light, Change the World" 2007 campaign Wednesday during a Salt Lake City ceremony.
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