For 130 years, the incandescent light bulb dominated the home lighting industry. Now, the light bulb may be going the way of steam engines and roll film, also invented in the 1880s. More ...

Here is an update on the light bulb conversation. The choices in lighting choices changed quickly when the incandescent light bulb lost favor with the federal government due to energy inefficiency.

A light source created by a light emitting diode (LED). For decades, LEDs have been used as indicator lights on myriad products; however, starting in the 2000s, they began to replace incandescent, ...

At this point you're likely familiar with the often-touted upsides to using LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs instead of incandescent (glass with a heat-based filament) ones. LED bulbs are said to last ...

Like it or not, energy-saver light bulbs are about to become the next big thing. Starting next year, lighting manufacturers will begin a government-sanctioned phase out of incandescent bulbs that ...

Only 10%25 of the energy used by traditional light bulbs goes to producing light%3B the rest is wasted Compact fluorescent bulbs attempted to increase efficiency%2C but haven%27t taken off with ...

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