Why We’re Taking Your Light Bulbs Away

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Viatek CFL Makes Your Rooms Brighter, Less Smelly [Light Bulbs]

If you've ever thought of your light bulb as a serious underachiever without enough features, maybe it's time to spring for Viatek's new Ionic 15 watt compact fluorescent. This bulb pulls double duty, both brightening up your life and cleansing the air, all the while saving you money on your electric bill. The CFL uses 15 watts to produce the same amount of light as a 60 watt incandescent, lasts for 10,000 hours, and cleans a 100 square foot area with its built in ionic purifier. All for just $14.99 on Amazon. Now repeat after me - lazy light bulbs are for losers! [Amazon via Popgadget] [lien] [EN]

Help! Are "Free Light Bulbs" From Con Ed A Scam? [Con Ed]

Reader Fiona wants to know if the people calling from "Con Ed" offering "free light bulbs" are running a scam. Today my mother received a series of calls from someone claiming to be calling from Con Ed. After asking for someone who doesn't exist (at least not in our family) they informed her that our apartment building was participating in a new Con Ed program to replace all old light bulbs with new energy saving light bulbs free of charge. It sounded way too good to be true so she told them she wasn't sure about her availability and hung up. After checking the lobby, the internet and asking the doorman if he'd heard anything about this "program" she returned home to find two messages from the "Con Ed" employees telling her that they could completely work with her schedule and that they would call back later. [lien] [EN]

Putting Heatsinks on Light Bulbs Makes for Some Crazy Bulb Designs [LEDs]

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. The weird designs, such as the one above, are the result of the LED being lit from the back. The design around the light is actually a heatsink that's meant to dissipate the heat generated by the LED. This design gives the LED much longer life by dissipating the heat quickly. Fortunately, bulbs like this are designed for recessed lighting, meaning you won't see them at all once you have them in place. You'll just reap the benefits on your electricity bill, which is something that no weird-looking bulb can make any less awesome. [lien] [EN]

Maryland Electric Company Sends You Unsolicited Light Bulbs, Charges $12 [Rude]

An electric company in Maryland, Allegheny Power, sent its customers some CFL light bulbs as part of a consumer education program. Sounds nice until you find out that they customers were charged... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [lien] [EN]

Michele Bachmann Declares War On Light Bulbs [Future Techmologies]

Insane baby-farming robot-herder and sometime Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has a new enemy: fluorescent light bulbs. That's right. She does not care for these newfangled hippie environmentalist group-sex bulbs, preferring the honest and trustworthy incandescent kind. And now she is taking her case to the American people with her "Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act." Bachmann is upset that a cabal of legislators and the fluorescent light bulb lobby is pissing on old-fashioned American values with their freaky new demands to phase out incandescents. "I was just outraged that Congress would want to substitute its judgment for the judgment of the American people," she said. "It struck me as a massive Big Brother intrusion into our homes and our lives. [lien] [EN]

Ice Cream Light Bulb

You know what those swirly new energy-efficient fluorescent light bulbs remind me of? Ice cream! And apparently, I’m not the only one - here’s Whippy (2006) made by artists Alex Garnett and Nahoko Koyama of Mixko: Link [Flash, click on Art & Creative, then hunt for it] - via Treehugger, thanks Chris! [lien] [EN]

Exploded Light Bulb Lamp

Hans Bleken Rud of Norway’s NorthernLighting designed this pendant lamp, made to look like a giant incandescent light bulb that has just exploded! Link [Flash, click on Products, then Scheisse] [lien] [EN]

The $10 Million Light Bulb

In these trying economic times, who couldn’t use an extra $10 million? If you’re good with lighting, you might want to try and win the L Prize, the Department of Energy’s competition to create a new generation of light bulbs. The money (it could be less depending on financing) will go to the company that creates a viable solid-state LED replacement for the standard 60-watt incandescent bulb (a second prize will be awarded for a replacement for a PAR 38 halogen reflector lamp). Announced last May, the contest holds winners to rigorous criteria. In the the case of the standard bulb, it must produce light equivalent to 60 watts but use less than 10 watts and last longer than 25,000 hours (with four hours a day of use, that’s equivalent to more than 17 years). [lien] [EN]

Flat Light Bulb For Flat Rooms

Flat Light Bulb For Flat Rooms · By Ryan Ash · November 5, 2008 · Comments (0) Filed under: Design, Household [lien] [EN]

Obama Touts Switch to New Light Bulb Standards

How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb? One, if he’s the president of the United States. Fresh off a legislative victory on Capitol Hill, where the House passed legislation intended to address global warming and transform the way the nation produces and uses energy, President Obama announced Monday that he is setting new standards for fluorescent and incandescent lighting as part of a series of steps to promote energy efficiency across the country. “I know light bulbs may not seem sexy,’’ Mr. Obama said during a brief appearance at the White House. “But this simple action holds enormous promise, because 7 percent of all the energy consumed in America is used to light our homes and our businesses.’’ Mr. Obama has made energy efficiency a centerpiece of his domestic policy agenda. [lien] [EN]

Make your own Weird Light Bulb

You’ve probably seen the Lamp/Lamp from designer Hironao Tsubui. It sells for ¥2,100, or about $20. But you can make your own version with a steady hand and the proper glue! Link -via the Presurfer [lien] [EN]

So Who Is Your Fave Candidate? And Why?

With the Iowa caucuses today, this is probably as good a time as any to inquire. All we ask is that we try to keep the conversation on a level that you would not mind having your sainted mother or teenaged daughter read. [lien] [EN]

Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation [Lighting]

The world may be moving on to CFLs, but at least one designer is still thinking about how to improve the classic incandescent bulb. Joonhuyn Kim's concept is simple: flat bulbs take up less space and make them easier (and cheaper) to store and transport. A great idea, if not a little late. Perhaps makers of soft-serve style CFLs could take a page out of this book somewhere down the line. [Designboom] Read More: Retromodo: Electric Light is Strange and Terrifying, Neon Scarface Rifle Lamp Threatens Consequences Beyond Tackiness, Math Lamp Requires You To Number Crunch For Light, 17 Artsy, Architectural LED Sculptures [lien] [EN]

Toshiba's New Light Bulbs Have a 12,000 Hour Life-Span [Lighting]

Toshiba's new Neoball-Z Real Pride bulbs are actually fluorescent lamps that ditch the hideous corkscrew shape in favor of a more traditional design. However, the big news is that their life span is rated at 12,000 hours. That's 1.2 times better than similar existing products and about 12 times better than an incandescent bulb. Power consumption has been rated at a money-saving 10 watts and it will be available in warm white, day white and daylight flavors starting on July 1st. No pricing information has been announced. [Tech On] [lien] [EN]