Accidental Invention Points to End of Light Bulbs

LiveScience ^ | 10/20/15 | Bjorn Carey

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was exactly it for me. Saving $$$

[solitas]

All these guys appear to have done is come up with a different formula for the phosphor mix---why is it so much better????

Because they're stretching to get their names in the paper Since few people really know how a white LED works they're more likely to think this stuff is 'hot-$h¡†-on-toast' and it'll make all the news shows and science magazines.

[MNJohnnie]

10/21/15

So what, you are a guy from the future coming back to tell us how wonderful everything will be in 10 years? So tell us, who wins the Presidency in 2008? Are their still Democrats in 2015? :-}

[frithguild]

Close the drawer?

Does a lighted fork in a closed drawer continue to emit light?

[frithguild]

I was reading where quantum dots could be powered by the human body....tapping into the electrical charge we all have.

Finally a way to glow without having sex! How angellic!

[chilepepper]

this is really wild - truly a leap into the future as i imagined it in my SF books i read forty years ago!

[muawiyah]

Right. ROTF PMP AWS

[ladyjane]

You have to bet that Vanderbilt already has title to this patent.

[Old Professer]

Paint the ceiling with it, run a couple of almost invisible ribbon power strips from a wall-mounted, low -voltage transformer with a mini-receiver and turn on the ceiling or dim it from anywhere with a remote hand control.

[bert]

......We do not offer anything bright enough for general household lighting.....

There is a discrepancy between your post and their website......

[Betty Jane]

Thanks for your real answer. I appreciate it.

[devane617]

Ummm... Excited Dots...

[muawiyah]

Hey, not just "put those things", have them tatooed as a tasteful design. Could get you on the Martha Stewart show or something!

[stevio]

Boy you got that right. This is going to drive a future stock surge. LEDs could also eliminate the need for more power generators as the energy consumption could be reduced 7% - 14%.

[hummingbird]

Thank you for the link...I have vision difficulties and regular lightbulbs are too yellow for me. So, every room in the house is a combo of "yellow," Ott-Lite, Daylight, Inc., Phillips white, etc. It is maddening, expensive and so hodge podge it looks like I'm running a lamp store.

The expense is worth it if I can figure out what I need so thanks for one more link to explore!

[varon]

How does one turn the light off, particularly on the silverware example?

In addition, wouldn't the cord(s) supplying the power, be a pain in the a** at the table? ;-)

[MamaTexan]

Does a lighted fork in a closed drawer continue to emit light?

Well...YEAH!

(Otherwise, it wouldn't BE a lighted fork, it would be an unlighted one :)

[MamaTexan]

Paint the ceiling with it, run a couple of almost invisible ribbon power strips from a wall-mounted, low -voltage transformer with a mini-receiver and turn on the ceiling or dim it from anywhere with a remote hand control.

Professor....

You have WAY too much time on your hands!

LOL!

[SauronOfMordor]

The way florescent lights work is they generate UV light internally, that gets converted to white light by the florescent coating. Seems like quantum-dot "phosphor" coating would work similarly

[timer]

Tried to get my Electrical Contractor brother interested in LED lighting last year : wrong developer. Roentgen discovered X rays and within weeks they were being used in medicine, now it's routine technology. Since there are many companies in the lighting production business it should be mere months before you see this quantum dot/LED concept on the shelves at your local Home Depot/supermarket. Remember the partially silvered bulb that reflects infrared radiation from the filament back to the filament thus re-heating it = more efficiency? Didn't sell too well. Thus it will come down to marketing prowess in lumens/watt/cost that will make or break this concept. To wit, if you don't have a manufacturer/marketer willing to gamble a LOT of money on your invention/discovery...don't even bother getting an expen$ive patent. How many of you out there already know that...