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Sunlight-In-A-Bulb Warm Worm 04-21-2008
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Posted by Warm Worm on April 21, 2008, 6:16 pm
And just when I thought LED's would replace my bulbs, there's possibly
this soon:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/luxim-plasma-lifi-light-bulb-led-cfl.php

Treehugger's becoming a favourite. :)

Posted by Kris Krieger on April 22, 2008, 3:28 am

> "Warm Worm"> wrote
>> And just when I thought LED's would replace my bulbs, there's
>> possibly this soon:
>> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/luxim-plasma-lifi-light-bulb-l
>> ed-cfl.php
>>
>> Treehugger's becoming a favourite. :)
>
> From the comment section (reminds me of halogen torchieres):
>
> Imagine that, the gas reaches a temperatur of 6,000 K. What is that
> lamp made out of?

How hot do incandescents and halogens get, tho'?


> I wouldn't want to have that in my house. Imagine touching that thing
> inadvertently. That's an instant 3d degree burn.
> This lamp is not only a great light generator, it's also a powerful
> lawsuit generator.
> "Little Billie put one of your light bulbs in his mouth and turned on
> the light. Now his mouth is cooked"
> Other than that: great technology, we should definitely deploy it.


Posted by Warm Worm on April 22, 2008, 4:58 am
Don wrote:
> "Warm Worm"> wrote
>> And just when I thought LED's would replace my bulbs, there's possibly
>> this soon:
>>
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/luxim-plasma-lifi-light-bulb-led-cfl.php
>>
>> Treehugger's becoming a favourite. :)
>
> From the comment section (reminds me of halogen torchieres):
>
> Imagine that, the gas reaches a temperatur of 6,000 K. What is that lamp
> made out of?
> I wouldn't want to have that in my house. Imagine touching that thing
> inadvertently. That's an instant 3d degree burn.
> This lamp is not only a great light generator, it's also a powerful lawsuit
> generator.
> "Little Billie put one of your light bulbs in his mouth and turned on the
> light. Now his mouth is cooked"
> Other than that: great technology, we should definitely deploy it.

Yes I know... Someone joked about getting a sunburn with it on the same
site... I wonder how a "glass" bulb can hold a plasma that's supposedly
as hot as the surface of the sun.


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