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SmartPlanet: Light bulbs powered by smart chips

By | August 5, 2010, 10:50am PDT

Say goodbye to the incandescent light bulb, LED chips will soon power the lights in our homes and offices. SmartPlanet goes behind the scenes at Bridgelux, to see how they’re reinventing lighting with a brand new socket and bulb. Also see: Bridgelux CEO Bill Watkins: With LEDs, $100B lighting industry nears ‘major tech revolution’

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RE: Smart Planet: Light bulbs powered by smart chips
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BitTwiddler 5th Aug 2010
Just what consumers need. A $50 replacement for a .29c light bulb. Perfecto!
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RE: Smart Planet: Light bulbs powered by smart chips
Ludovit 5th Aug 2010
@BitTwiddler - It's not about how much the bulb costs to buy, it's about total cost of ownership - incandescant bulbs cost about $550 including purchase price and electricity, LEDs cost about $150 - Hmmm ... which is truly cheaper?

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-True-Value-of-LED-Bulbs-Vs-Incandescent-Bulbs&id=2597505

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And if you want to dim it
Yagotta B. Kidding 5th Aug 2010
You're still stuck using a device designed for incandescent bulbs, because all of the devices on the market work very hard at imitating them.

Which wouldn't be quite so bad if there were any movement towards LED-aware standards for new construction. In the meantime there's no way to control color temperature, intensity, etc. that take advantage of the properties of lighting more advanced than Thomas Edison, and we're still putting up buildings with those limitations from the ground up.
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I used to work at a lighting company
KBot 5th Aug 2010
@Yagotta B. Kidding

Right-on man,

First off, major LED lighting is still in its infancy. For one thing the heat output on those things is nuts. Also, the prices are rediculous. Like BitTwiddler said, a $50 replacement for a $.29 is not practicle, especially when the life on the LEDS is nowhere near 173 times the life span of a normal incandescent lamp. Maybe in 10 years.
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People replaced their incandescent's a long time ago
x21x 5th Aug 2010
How does this stack up against the latest energy effecient bulbs?
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RE: Smart Planet: Light bulbs powered by smart chips
rgcustomer@... 5th Aug 2010
Nice trick there, showing us a 40W-equivalent bulb in a 60W socket...
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