Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Inhabitat's Week in Green: Jake Dyson's lamp, wooden light bulbs and weed-killing lasers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/27/jake-dyson-desk-lamp-wooden-light-bulbs-week-in-green/http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/27/jake-dyson-desk-lamp-wooden-light-bulbs-week-in-green/http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/27/jake-dyson-desk-lamp-wooden-light-bulbs-week-in-green/#comments Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

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This week Inhabitat has been reporting live from New York Design Week, where we've witnessed countless innovative green designs from around the world. To kick things off, we were pretty impressed with this desk lamp designed by Jake Dyson (son of the vacuum god) that extends the life of its LED bulbs by a whopping 37 years. Also in the category of "bright shiny things we love" is QisDesign's Aurelia lamp, which bears a striking resemblance to a glowing jellyfish. We were also dazzled by UM Project's collection of retro, robot-inspired lamps, Light & Contrast's cute LED flower lights, and we were absolutely floored by Alessandro Jordão's larger-than-life LEGO chair. Can't get enough of NY Design Week? Check out all of our favorite green designs from this year's shows.

Continuing with the topic of innovative green lighting technology, artist Ryosuke Fukusada has created the impossible: a glowing wooden light bulb. Confused? The light was created using a technique called Rokuro, and it consists of an LED light bulb wrapped with a very thin layer of wood. When the bulb is turned on, it illuminates the grain of the wood. As Fukusada's creation demonstrates, LED lighting technology has taken some incredible strides recently, and we took some time to round-up 24 of our all-time favorite green lamps that look great with LED bulbs.

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If you'd been by the shore of the Sumida River in central Tokyo this past weekend, you would have noticed that it was glowing a distinct shade of blue. That's because Panasonic decided to kick off the first-ever Tokyo Hotaru (fireflies) festival by sending 100,000 EVERLED light bulbs down the river, both to mimic fireflies as well as to pay homage to a Japanese tradition of floating candles on the water. Before you cringe too much at the thought of the environmental impact, rest assured that Panasonic minimized the footprint of its aquatic LED parade. All the bulbs ran on solar power (presumably, charged during the day) that kept Evolta batteries fed inside, and the entire lot was scooped up in a large net afterwards. We love the exhibition as a large-scale demo of sustainable lighting -- you may just want to avoid fishing along the Sumida's shoreline for awhile in case you catch a straggler.

Update: We've found a video of this spectacular event -- check it out right after the break.

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As if you didn't already have enough reason to be pumped for this week's Lightfair trade show in Vegas -- GE is talking up its new 27-watt Energy Smart LED bulb that can product enough power (1,600-plus lumens) to replace a standard 100-watt incandescent bulb. The bulb, which joins 13-watt and 9-watt LED bulbs (replacements for 60- and 40-watt incandescents, respectively) offers up 25,000 hours of life, which should give you roughly 22.8 years, assuming you use it about three hours a day. It'll be hitting the U.S. and Canada in the first half of next year for an undetermined price. Check the illuminating press release after the break.

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GE's 27-watt LED replacement for 100-watt incandescent bulbs set to light up our lives next year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 May 2012 17:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Energy SmarEnergySmargeledled lightbulbLedLightbulblightbulbNuventixWed, 09 May 2012 17:06:00 EST<![CDATA[Sharp's energy-efficient LED ceiling lights are hip to be square]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/sharps-energy-efficient-led-ceiling-lights-are-hip-to-be-square/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/sharps-energy-efficient-led-ceiling-lights-are-hip-to-be-square/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/sharps-energy-efficient-led-ceiling-lights-are-hip-to-be-square/#comments If you live in Japan and are looking to lower your household electricity bill, you might have to empty your bank account first. Sharp recently introduced its new line of ELM-branded LED ceiling lights and the highly energy-efficient, square-shaped bulbs won't come cheap -- retailing between 35,000 yen (about $456) and 55,000 yen (about $717). Pulling inspiration from the LEDs used in LCD televisions, the company was able to achieve an industry-leading 81.3 lumens per watt for the smallest of its three designs, and an average life of 40,000 hours for the entire lot . The energy-sipping set of overhead bulbs come housed in an insectproof shell, offering over 100-plus ambient light settings, controllable via remote. You can snag these utility-friendly lights on August 27th, just don't complain at the checkout when you see the price -- we warned you. Peep the video explanation after the break.

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Sharp's energy-efficient LED ceiling lights are hip to be square originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bulbsELMenergy efficiencyenergy efficientEnergyEfficiencyEnergyEfficientJapanJapaneseLEDLEDslightbulblightbulbsremote controlledRemoteControlledSharpSharp ELMSharp LED ceiling lightsSharpElmSharpLedCeilingLightsvideoThu, 11 Aug 2011 05:36:00 EST<![CDATA[German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/german-geniuses-hit-800mbps-with-light-bulb-wlan/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/german-geniuses-hit-800mbps-with-light-bulb-wlan/http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/german-geniuses-hit-800mbps-with-light-bulb-wlan/#comments Light bulb WLAN Last year, Chinese scientists showed off some new old-school tech, transmitting data with blue LEDs that flicker faster than the human eye can perceive. This throwback to the good ol' days of IR receivers was able to hit speeds of 2Mbps, but leave it to the fine folks at the Heinrich Hertz Institute to push the light bulb networking tech to the extremes. Earlier this year researchers hit 500Mbps with white LEDs; now, using a combination of white, green, blue, and red, the team ramped that up to 800Mbps, officially putting Ethernet on notice. The line-of-sight networking won't actually replace your standard Cat 5 line or WiFi router, but it could find a home in places like hospitals where radio-based wireless technology can cause problems for sensitive equipment. With any luck, we'll soon be bathing our homes in HD-streaming illumination.

German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's a busy week for Vizio. The budget TV manufacturer flaunted its flashy new tablet in front of our cameras yesterday, and had us hopping across town this afternoon for a chance to go hands-on with its latest entrant into a mysterious brand-new product category (for Vizio, at least). Reps were mum on details, so we had no choice but to return to the CEA LineShows in NYC to see what was up. We walked around the booth, looking for signs of that Vizio Android phone we saw at CES, only to find co-founder Ken Lowe cradling the new goods: a line of light bulbs. We laughed. Then asked to see the real product that Vizio insisted would be worth the trip. Nope, that was it: a LED light bulb -- four of them, in fact, arranged in height-order on a chrome bathroom vanity fixture. Lowe then proceeded to introduce his product as he has any other, so we hit record. They're bright, round, and standards-compliant, and will be coming to a screw-in fixture near you in Q3. How much? "A Vizio price."

Gallery: Vizio LED Light Bulb Hands-On

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Philips EnduraLED A21 bulb offers bright light for big bucks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 May 2011 22:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>75 watt75W75WattA21EnduraLEDEnduraLED A21EnduraledA21energyenergy efficientEnergyEfficientLEDLED LightbulbLED lightingLED lightsLedLightbulbLedLightingLedLightslightlightbulblightinglightsphilipsPhilips A21Philips EnduraLED a21philips ledphilips led lightbulbPhilipsA21PhilipsEnduraledA21PhilipsLedPhilipsLedLightbulbMon, 16 May 2011 22:39:00 EST<![CDATA[Bridgelux silicon LED could mean bright future for solid state lighting]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/11/bridgelux-silicon-led-could-mean-bright-future-for-solid-state-l/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/11/bridgelux-silicon-led-could-mean-bright-future-for-solid-state-l/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/11/bridgelux-silicon-led-could-mean-bright-future-for-solid-state-l/#comments While Democrats and Republicans squabble over the future of the incandescent light bulb, a Livermore-based company has produced an LED that they claim could lead to brighter, more affordable solid state lighting. By growing gallium nitride on low-cost silicon wafers, as opposed to the typical sapphire and silicon carbide substrates, the company has achieved an output of 135lm/W (lumens per watt) with a color correlated temperature of 4730K-- brighter than any affordable LED lighting solution we've ever seen. Of course, this isn't the first time efficacy of this level has been achieved, and we've yet to see a practical application, but if Bridgelux's numbers are right, this could mean a 75 percent cut in LED production costs. The company expects the technology to make its way to real world lights in the next two to three years -- perhaps by then the furor over pigtail light bulbs will have settled a bit. Enlightening PR after the break.

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Bridgelux silicon LED could mean bright future for solid state lighting originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>135lmWalternative lightalternative livingAlternativeLightAlternativeLivingbridgeluxgallium nitridegallium nitride on siliconGalliumNitrideGalliumNitrideOnSiliconGan-on-SiliconLEDLEDslightlight bulblight bulbslight emitting diodelight emitting diodesLightBulbLightBulbsLightEmittingDiodeLightEmittingDiodeslightinglivermoresiliconsoild state lightingSoildStateLightingsolid statesolid state driveSolidStateSolidStateDriveState of the UnionStateOfTheUnionFri, 11 Mar 2011 00:44:00 EST<![CDATA[Cree shows off 'no-compromise' LED replacement for 60-watt incandescent bulbs]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/cree-shows-off-no-compromise-led-replacement-for-60-watt-incan/http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/cree-shows-off-no-compromise-led-replacement-for-60-watt-incan/http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/01/cree-shows-off-no-compromise-led-replacement-for-60-watt-incan/#comments Compact fluorescent (or CFL) bulbs may currently be the dominant alternative to traditional incandescent light bulbs, but there's still a strong contingent betting on LEDs as the true long term replacement. One of the major players in that camp is Cree, which recently teamed up with TESS and Dean Kamen's FIRST organization to have kids distribute LED light bulbs like Girl Scout cookies (seriously), and is now showing off what is says is the "first no-compromise replacement for a 60-watt incandescent bulb." That bulb is dimmable, and emits a "beautiful, warm, incandescent-like color of 2700 K," while delivering more than 800 lumens and consuming less than 10 watts (meeting the Energy Star requirements for a 60-watt standard LED replacement bulb). Unfortunately, there's one big catch -- the bulb is still just a prototype, and Cree says it hasn't yet decided how it will bring it to market, or how much it might cost. Head on past the break for a quick video demonstration.

Continue reading Cree shows off 'no-compromise' LED replacement for 60-watt incandescent bulbs

Cree shows off 'no-compromise' LED replacement for 60-watt incandescent bulbs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Images courtesy of Larry Bollig]

Gallery: Nokero N200 solar-powered light bulb

Continue reading Nokero's solar-powered, rainproof N200 light bulb: brighter, stronger, more flexible

Nokero's solar-powered, rainproof N200 light bulb: brighter, stronger, more flexible originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Last but not least, the man's got a product you might be able to afford for your home. In the quest for an item for his FIRST young engineers to sell -- a la Girl Scout cookies -- he tapped LED manufacturer Cree to produce an 450 lumen light bulb that draws just 7 watts and will retail for about $25 door-to-door. In case you're wondering, that's cheaper and more efficient than most any lamp we've seen before. Dean says they've already produced several hundred thousand of the bulbs thanks to a surprise $3 million investment from Google, and plan to have them in the hands of every FIRST kid soon. Keep on fighting the good fight, Dean.

Gallery: Dean Kamen at TEDMED 2010

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Philips' new LED light bulbs are brighter, more efficient, not cheap originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 06:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Home Depot takes LED lighting mainstream with $20 bulbs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 May 2010 03:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: GE Energy Smart LED bulb

GE's LED light bulbs look cool, last forever, cost a lot originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Long-lasting light bulb technology is nothing new -- people have been trying to up the lifespan these bad boys for some time. Long-lived light bulbs are generally uber-expensive, too, but we like to keep our eyes on such things. Panasonic's just unveiled the EVERLED, a line of bulbs set to be launched in Japan at the end of October. Lighter and more efficient than other LEDs on the market, these babies use 85 lumens per watt for a 40W bulb. Though the bulbs are not going to be cheap -- about $40 -- the company claims they'll have a lifespan of 19 years, bringing the overall costs down considerably. Still, we'd have to see them last that long to believe it.

[Via Inhabitat]

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Tailored to fit inside a vacant credit card slot -- let's face it, we've all got a bit more room in our wallets these days -- Brando's latest offering is an unfolding LED light tastefully shaped like a bulb. You might point out the irony of replacing cold hard cash with a cute yet limited trinket, but do you really expect such subtlety to stop the company that brought you the sliced bread wrist rest? We'll let you to come up with viable justifications for its existence, but do yourself the favor of going past the break for a snap of the little wonder flicked on, while we decide whether to file it under pointless sophistication or sophisticated pointlessness.

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Brando credit card light bulb fills the void in your wallet... not your heart originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As we've seen with the slight resurgence of new and improved incandescent light bulbs, the amount of energy used to actually light up the bulb isn't necessarily the whole measure of energy efficiency. There's also the small matter of producing the bulb, shipping it around the world, and eventually disposing of it. With that in mind, the Siemens Corporate Technology Centre for Eco Innovations conducted a study that compared regular compact fluorescents to LED lamps -- using one 25,000-hour LED lamp as a constant, compared to 2.5 10,000-hour compact fluorescents (and 25 1,000-hour incandescents). While it's still holding back on some of the finer details, the group did apparently find that LEDs are no more or no less energy efficient than compact fluorescents when the entire lifecycle of the bulb is taken into account, although it is quick to point out that LEDs should eventually win out as they become more efficient to produce.

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On the eve of Christmas 2007, quite a few obituaries for incandescent light bulbs were penned. News was slow, time was short and Congress had just outlined a new energy plan that would essentially force these energy-wasting bulbs out by 2012. Now, however, legions of scientists are racing the clock to develop new incandescents that will still meet the upcoming guidelines, with a Deposition Sciences technology paving the way for a post-2012 model from Philips. Without drowning you in technobabble, let's just say that said tech has seen 50 percent efficiency gains in the lab, which is more than enough to please even the most outspoken tree hugger in Washington. In related news, GE has issued two more LED light bulbs: the 7-watt Energy Smart LED PAR20 and 10-watt LED PAR30. Both of 'em are aimed more at commercial customers than at actual homes, but you'll be hard pressed to find a better option for lighting up your makeshift basketball court.

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Philips has been hitting us with some out-there lighting concepts lately, but the company's Master LED light bulb is actually already on sale in Europe and is set to brighten up Stateside lives around July. The 40W-equivalent bulbs should run between $50 and $70, and expected lifetime is set at 45,000 hours -- just slightly more than a CFL's 10,000 or a standard bulb's 750 hours. The Master is certainly a damn sight nicer looking than the other mutant LED bulbs we've seen, but we'll see if consumers are ready to jump on another more-expensive-upfront lighting tech so soon after CFLs have hit the mainstream.

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The folks at Advanced Lumonics sure seem confident in their new EarthLED EvoLux R LED light bulb, with them even going so far as to flatly declare it the "world's most advanced light bulb." Helping it earn that self-proclaimed distinction is the 13 watt LED at the heart of the bulb, which provides the equivalent output of a 100 watt incandescent bulb, and its EvoDim feature, which will let switch between three different output settings (250, 750, and 950 lumens) without a special dimmer switch. Of course, all those light bulb bragging rights don't come cheap, with each bulb setting you back a hefty $100, although the company promises that'll work out to less than $6 per year by the time the bulb finally gives up. If that's a bit too much for you, you can also get non-dimmable versions $80.

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You're a very special kind of person -- our kind of person -- if you're the type to drop a good $65 on a single light bulb only because it's made up of 150 warm white LEDs. The 308 lumen (and 594 lumen frosted glass version) bulb sips only 9.2 watts, but is said to be equivalent of a 70 watt incandescent, meaning even though you'll improve your energy consumption by roughly 87%, at 20 cents a kilowatt-hour it'll still take you about 4,600 hours of incandescent use to reconcile the bulb's. But you want one anyway, don't you? Like we said, our kind of person.

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