The lightbulb of the future?

Thursday, Apr. 3 2008 | Author: Jim

Saw this news from watching a CNet TV live podcast. Funny how the hosts showed a tictac and then motioned that a bulb as small as it can light the road. It sounded like a jetsons story but I lingered to listen more. The product has not yet seen production lines, but Luxim proposes that it’s main kick is that it is “greener” than traditional bulbs and incandescent lights.

The PLASMA BULB.

Silicon Valley based company Luxim Corporation (www.luxim.com) has released a “tic-tac” sized bulb that is good to keep streets well lit. Yes… it’s as tiny as a “tic tac”!

Now while it’s almost as big as your Christmas tree lights don’t mistake the power behind this small gem. It’s described as the product to offer a peek at the ultra-efficient lighting of the future. Imagine 6 of these bulbs to light an entire city block.

This tiny bulb contains an argon gas in the middle, as well as a component called a “puck”. The bulb itself is partially embedded in a dielectric material. And when electricity is delivered to the puck, the puck acts like an electrical lens. Heats up the argon to a temperature of 6,000 degrees Kelvin to turn the gasinto a plasma that instantly gives off the bright light.

It’s almost as bright as the sun, the developers says. The plasma bulb uses 250 watts, and achieves around 140 lumens per watt, making it very bright and highly efficient. By comparison, conventional light bulbs and high-end LEDs get around 15 and 70 lumens per watt, respectively.

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April 3rd, 2008 at 4:10 am
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Buckhoon

April 3rd, 2008 at 10:03 am
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“The product has not yet seen production lines, but Luxim proposes that it’s main kick is that it is “greener” than traditional bulbs and incandescent lights.”

Luxim’s lamps have been in production since late 2006, prior to receiving a major design with from Panasonic, who chose to replace all UHP light sources in their 2007 Rear Projection TV (RPTV) product line with Luxim’s LiFi Entertainment Lamp (LiFi 4000).

http://www.lifi.com/CES2007PressKit.html

Luxim has already proven the scalability and reliability of their technology. Their efforts are to further extend the efficiency of their lamp and extend the technology into the medical, specialty event, architectural and general lighting markets.

In addition to being green and more efficient, other key benefits of Luxim’s hybrid plasma light source are: dimability, broad spectrum, instant on-off, and long-life as a result of their electrodeless design.
Buckhoon

April 3rd, 2008 at 10:03 am
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This is incorrect – “The product has not yet seen production lines, but Luxim proposes that it’s main kick is that it is “greener” than traditional bulbs and incandescent lights.”

Luxim’s lamps have been in production since late 2006, prior to receiving a major design with from Panasonic, who chose to replace all UHP light sources in their 2007 Rear Projection TV (RPTV) product line with Luxim’s LiFi Entertainment Lamp (LiFi 4000).

http://www.lifi.com/CES2007PressKit.html

Luxim has already proven the scalability and reliability of their technology. Their efforts are to further extend the efficiency of their lamp and extend the technology into the medical, specialty event, architectural and general lighting markets.

In addition to being green and more efficient, other key benefits of Luxim’s hybrid plasma light source are: dimability, broad spectrum, instant on-off, and long-life as a result of their electrodeless design.
Buckhoon

April 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
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Luxim’s lamps have been in production since late 2006, prior to receiving a major design with from Panasonic, who chose to replace all UHP light sources in their 2007 Rear Projection TV (RPTV) product line with Luxim’s LiFi Entertainment Lamp (LiFi 4000).

http://www.lifi.com/CES2007PressKit.html

Luxim has already proven the scalability and reliability of their technology. Their efforts are to further extend the efficiency of their lamp and extend the technology into the medical, specialty event, architectural and general lighting markets.
Ronaldo

April 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
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I think he was talking about the product (actual street lamps using it) being not available yet. Has anyone heard of any street lamps anywhere in the world using this bulb?

just reading between his lines.