Vu1 Corporation just announced that on March 23, 2011 it will begin shipping its mercury-free, energy efficient Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL) R30 light bulb. And ESL bulb uses accelerated electrons to stimulate phosphor in the bulb to create light. Vu1's ESL...
People stockpiling light bulbs?It's happening in the European Union as the first set of restrictions on the sale of conventional incandescent lighting go into effect. Retailers are allowed to sell off their remaining stocks of incandescent frosted glass bulbs before a...
The Kichler booth at this year's K/BIS was all about the benefits of LED lighting and its energy-saving Design Pro LED Disc. This slender disc light uses 75 percent less electricity than incandescent light bulbs. And its slender profile (only 3/8") make it perfect for...
I love the ingenuity here. Using two-liter bottles filled with water and two lids full of bleach, one Brazilian engineer is lighting his entire workshop during the daylight hours. This simple contraption provides the lighting equivalent of a 50-watt bulb, which is...
Light up the dark with Daylite! Duracell's new flashlight with patented TrueBeam Optics™ combines LED technology with precision-focus lensing to deliver more light than any other flashlight. Enter to win 1 of 50 Duracell Daylite™ LED Flashlights (MSRP:...
How many times have you needed to use a flashlight, but it was missing batteries or the batteries were dead? This problem is compounded by the fact that you have to find new batteries in the dark! Needless to say, flashlights with alternate power sources have caught...
As an avid TV watcher during my childhood, I still have the song "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!" in my head. That concept came back to me in a wave of nostalgia when I saw the Wobble Light. Based in Illinois, Wobble Light has developed an innovative way to...
Show me the light! And my freaking glasses! In a world where 60% the population wears corrective lenses, and something like 850 million corrective lenses are sold each year, a lot of spectacles get knocked to the floor in the middle of the night by myopic owners...
