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The lightbulb reinvented

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Timothy Hunt asked me (via Twitter) if I’ve seen the lightbulb reinvented, an LED bulb that screws into a standard socket but has wi-fi capability so you can tune its light temperature and otherwise control it with a smartphone. I

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Early impressions of G7’s 900-lumen 9W LED bulb

Another month, another go-to LED bulb

Cree releases a $20 100W-equivalent LED bulb–but do you want one?

Compact fluorescent life expectancy

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There’s a lot of talk about compact fluorescent life expectancy. I actually tracked my CFL lifespan. Here’s what I found. I noticed this week that a compact fluorescent bulb in the kitchen had burned out, so this week I bought an

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Home Depot’s Ecosmart 40w replacement is a good $5 LED bulb

Philips’ new LED bulbs are cheap but have caveats

I got an LED bulb, and it is fabulous.

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I half-heartedly checked Home Depot's web site today, and saw they had 429-lumen, 8.6-watt (40W equivalent) LED bulbs at my local store. Finally!

So when I had a chance, I drove over, plunked down my 19 bucks, and brought one home.

It's not perfect. But I like it an awful lot.

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When to upgrade to new LED bulbs

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PC Magazine asks when it’s worth upgrading to the new Philips L Prize-winning LED bulb, lamenting its high price and long payback time. I can only say what I plan to do, based on my experience with high-efficiency bulbs. I

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The lightbulb reinvented

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Timothy Hunt asked me (via Twitter) if I’ve seen the lightbulb reinvented, an LED bulb that screws into a standard socket but has wi-fi capability so you can tune its light temperature and otherwise control it with a smartphone. I

The post The lightbulb reinvented appeared first on The Silicon Underground.

Early impressions of G7’s 900-lumen 9W LED bulb

Another month, another go-to LED bulb

Cree releases a $20 100W-equivalent LED bulb–but do you want one?

Compact fluorescent life expectancy

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There’s a lot of talk about compact fluorescent life expectancy. I actually tracked my CFL lifespan. Here’s what I found. I noticed this week that a compact fluorescent bulb in the kitchen had burned out, so this week I bought an

The post Compact fluorescent life expectancy appeared first on The Silicon Underground.

Home Depot’s Ecosmart 40w replacement is a good $5 LED bulb


Philips’ new LED bulbs are cheap but have caveats

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