[PeaceBeWithYou]

Like frosting a bulb.

[raybbr]

Like frosting a bulb.

More like scraping the coating off of a soft white incandescent.

Can't wait to have some of these flashlights. I use the LED flashlights now. So much light for such a little bulb.

[MrEdd]

More low energy lighting ping.

[TOneocon]

My computer mouse has one. Very bright red. It dim's when I lift it off the pad. I like it.

[Lexinom]

I've had gadgets since the 1970s using LEDs - from handheld games to calculators. From the 70s to the 80s, the color was almost always RED. In the late 80s green and yellow became more popular. In the early 90s, Cree pioneered fabrication wish Silicone Carbide to achieve a blue LED. Initially, these devices in their discreet form cost about 10x an equivalent red, yellow, or orange device. Geeks (like me) had a few in our inventory as a novelty, but it was too expensive owing to its proprietary nature for general use. Now, blue is ubiquitious to the point it seems the color of choice in new electronics.

Point is that the LED has been in the hands of the consumer for a LOOONG time. They do not burn out - at least, not suddenly - and any advances in this efficient and reliable technology are a positive.

The gas discharge tube was another interesting light emitting technology, used in seven-segment displays (common in VCRs for a time), greyish/white in color. I have not seen this for awhile.

[muawiyah]

This seems to be our first purely LED thread. There are others about antique incandescent bulbs, or the antiquated fluorescent technology that Congress just voted to make a requirement, but non just on this technology

I love those flashlights. Used one (with the handcrank) working under a new sink hooking up the plumbing and water fittings a bit over a year ago. Had just had cataract surgery in both eyes, but there were no bright spots ~ just nice, steady, bright light over an area.

I was still wearing sunglasses to drive at night just to give you an idea of what LED light is like compared to high powered incandescent bulbs out on the streets.

[VOA]

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[metmom]

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[SunkenCiv]

LEDs, OLEDs mentioned. :’)