Incandescent light bulb - Invention posts
CNNMoney Getting rid of GE's light bulb business is the most striking example of how the conglomerate continues to remake itself to keep pace with the modern economy.
GE wants to sell its iconic light bulb business
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Thomas Edison may not think this is a bright idea: General Electric is trying to rid itself of the light bulb business that has symbolized the company for 125 years.
105 months ago
AP Images #OTD in 1879, Thomas Edison privately demonstrated his incandescent light at Menlo Park, N.J. #APArchivePhoto #TodayInHistory
Photo Caption: Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp, the first practical light bulb, was developed in 1879. Edison used carbon Read more ... ized bamboo for the filament. #APPhoto
111 months ago
Laughing Squid
Brain Light Bulb
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The Insight light bulb concept by solovyovdesign repurposes the unsightly tubes of a compact fluorescent bulb by turning them into the folds of a brain. There’s a pun here…somewhere. Ah…
114 months ago
ClickHole Take a look at these early sketches of his revolutionary invention, and get ready to have your mind blown!
You Have To Check Out Edison’s Earliest Designs For The Light Bulb
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Before Thomas Edison came up with the final design for what would eventually become the light bulb, he went through a series of prototypes that bear little resemblance to the product that would go on to be ubiquitous around the world. Take a look at Read more ... these early sketches of his revolutionary inventio...
117 months ago
National Geographic Many consumers spent the last two decades swapping out their old incandescent light bulbs for corkscrew-shaped CFLs in the name of greater efficiency. Why are the famed bulbs now getting the boot from retailers and manufacturers?
An Unloved Light Bulb Shows Signs of Burning Out
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The light bulbs are slowly disappearing from stores.
121 months ago
The Economist Just work out a way to reflect the filament's heat back. Simple?
A bright idea to save the beloved incandescent light bulb from the dustbin
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It is getting ever trickier to find incandescent bulbs
122 months ago
Fast Company Just when incandescent light seemed like a thing of the past.
122 months ago
Mother Nature Network We're as surprised about this as you are...
Next-gen incandescent bulb is a light-recycling marvel
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And it's potentially even more efficient than LEDs.
122 months ago
NPR Thomas Edison had his light bulb. Joel Spira figured out how to dim it.
A Light Bulb Moment: How The Dimmer Switch Set Lusts Ablaze
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From a dining room to a den of romance: That's the transformation the dimming switch first promised. Since 1959, Joel Spira's invention has promised heightened passion — if only you dial it down.
125 months ago
Lifehacker Replacing old bulbs? Don't toss them, do this!
Transform a Light Bulb into an Oil Lamp, Corkscrew, or Solar Light
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Most of us are, slowly but surely, getting rid of old incandescent bulbs and replacing them with LEDs and CFLs, if we haven’t already. If you have a few of those old bulbs lying around still and need a use for them, or one finally dies, Instructabl Read more ... es user ShakeTheFuture has a bunch of ways to repurp…
127 months ago