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Posted on 10-25-05 01:45 AM Link | Quote
Or, at least, they will be...

I dunno, random browsing. I guess it doesn't surprise me either.
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Posted on 10-25-05 01:57 AM Link | Quote
Weird.. so what would light up then? They would still be light bulbs, wouldn't they? Just.. of a new energy source.
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Posted on 10-25-05 02:01 AM Link | Quote
Lasts 50 times longer than bulbs, and is more energy effeicient.
Pretty good for an accidental discovery eh?
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Posted on 10-25-05 03:47 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Danielle
Weird.. so what would light up then? They would still be light bulbs, wouldn't they? Just.. of a new energy source.
They still would be light bulb in the sense of their shape. However, how they are designed would be different. No more would you have electricity passing through a large piece metal to make light, you instead now have electricity passing through microcrystals no bigger than a few nanometers to make light...if I read that article correctly
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Posted on 10-25-05 01:52 PM Link | Quote
Does this mean that energy-efficient, long-lasting LED TVs could be on the horizon? Instead of phosphors, the backside of the screen would be coated with these micro-LEDs. I'll bet the picture quality would be amazing.
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Posted on 10-25-05 03:12 PM Link | Quote
Heh, using it in tables when the power is down. And in forks and knives when eating.

Would be nifty if you could do this on walls in houses to get rid of lamps.
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Posted on 10-25-05 08:53 PM Link | Quote
I hope they produce them in mass soon so it's not too much expensive. I like the possibility to choose a variety of colors. The article says that it can reduce the energy consumption of the U.S. by 29%, but it doesn't say how much energy do they use compared to a light bulb, they only say the percentage of all machines and equipment that use electricity. I know there are "energy save bulbs" (i think they're fluorescent ones) that only use 20% or less of the energy of a normal bulb (pics of these later). Still it's very interesting, we just have to wait how much will they cost and if they consume less than these "energy save bulbs".
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Posted on 10-25-05 11:50 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by aioria1981
I hope they produce them in mass soon so it's not too much expensive. I like the possibility to choose a variety of colors. The article says that it can reduce the energy consumption of the U.S. by 29%, but it doesn't say how much energy do they use compared to a light bulb, they only say the percentage of all machines and equipment that use electricity. I know there are "energy save bulbs" (i think they're fluorescent ones) that only use 20% or less of the energy of a normal bulb (pics of these later). Still it's very interesting, we just have to wait how much will they cost and if they consume less than these "energy save bulbs".

Well, most LEDs take around 3 volts and 20 to 40 milliamps, so they would be 3*.04, or .12 watts. However, I don't know how many LEDs would be equivalent to a normal light bulb.
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Posted on 10-26-05 01:16 AM Link | Quote
By what I see, it looks like you can turn your window into a light bulb... Huh?
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Posted on 10-26-05 02:06 AM Link | Quote

One big question remains: When a brilliant idea pops into your mind in the future, what will appear over your head?



(edited by Xkeeper on 10-25-05 05:28 PM)
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Posted on 10-26-05 02:25 AM Link | Quote
To be honest, I'm not too surprised about the fact that LED's will replace lightbulbs in the future. Only bad thing I can think of is that they don't generate heat. But then there is more effective ways of heating a room up than a lightbulb right?
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Posted on 10-26-05 02:25 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Xkeeper

One big question remains: When a brilliant idea pops into your mind in the future, what will appear over your head?



Aww...and I envisioned a nuclear sub dropping at terminal velocity.


(edited by Xkeeper on 10-25-05 05:28 PM)
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Posted on 10-26-05 02:28 AM Link | Quote
I made the image better.
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Posted on 10-26-05 02:33 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Ailura
To be honest, I'm not too surprised about the fact that LED's will replace lightbulbs in the future. Only bad thing I can think of is that they don't generate heat. But then there is more effective ways of heating a room up than a lightbulb right?


The thing I don't like about lightbulbs is that they do heat up a room. When I turn the light on and with the comp in my room makes my room a heater when I don't want it to be . It's a good thing then.
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Posted on 10-26-05 03:13 PM Link | Quote
I think it´s good too because there´s too much heat in my dorm as the heat doesn´t work properly.

I have the heat regulator on a snowflake but it´s getting cold outside so the heat is normal now. Even when I have the computer on.
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Posted on 10-26-05 06:17 PM Link | Quote
Yeah, I like the not-heating-up idea. It means you can change one that just blew without waiting for it to cool off.
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Posted on 10-26-05 09:35 PM Link | Quote
Hm, didn't see this coming. Isn't it funny how nearly all great ideas are discovered through accident?
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Posted on 10-27-05 08:19 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by neotransotaku

No more would you have electricity passing through a large piece metal to make light, you instead now have electricity passing through microcrystals no bigger than a few nanometers to make light...if I read that article correctly


The old bulbs are just a resistor with so much current going in it that it produce heat and light at the same time.
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Posted on 10-28-05 01:57 AM Link | Quote
YAY for accidental inventions. This actually seems pretty cool. Cant wait to see what things get accidentaly invented next._�
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Posted on 10-28-05 08:06 AM Link | Quote
A lot of awesome things were invented by accident, actually. Though I can't think of any off hand.
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