Potentially new type of lighting bulb?

[mike1962]

Just caught this off of Cnet. It seems like it may have potential not only for street lights but for our tanks as well. It's a plasma bulb.

"Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a lightbulb the size of a Tic Tac that gives off as much light as a streetlight."

Due to it's design it is more energy efficient and therefore produces less heat per Watt.

Here's the Cnet video

Luxim light video

 

[kevin95695]

Way cool. I hope they figure out a way to make it marketable in the reef community. I could use more light for less electricity.

 

[tcoral]

And less space! they failed to mention how long a bulb lasts and what it costs to replace though.

 

[Brian Prestwood]

Cool

Much more effecient. Not sure about space. That tic-tak is more like the filliment, not the whole bulb.

 

[Doahh]

The mounted the filament in a thing when comparing the MH and this bulb

 

[hagakure]

pfo is already on their fourth prototype, and have ceased making improvements to the solaris. they'll be calling it the 'uranus plasma system' starting at $10k for the 12 inch model.

 

[MayorOfWhoVille]

IMO the 'bulbs' will never burn out. There are no electrodes going into the bulb, it is just a sealed ampule of Argon gas; nothing to burn out. Very cool.