Okay, this is the last of me getting my geek on. Today.
They have developed Ostar, an LED bulb that despite its 1 square millimeter size can put out 1,000 lumens of angelic light. Siemens explains the significance:
A 60-watt light bulb emits 730 lm, while a 50-watt halogen lamp has an output of approximately 900 lm
So LEDs are bright enough to light our houses and last 10 times longer than even halogen technology. We’re ready to upgrade.
If only we had a price or release date.
Or an actual power-draw figure for the 1000lm model; the only ones I can find are for the dimmer 420lm one, and that’s 15W… no better than compact fluorescent.
(Now that I’ve just switched over every possible fixture to CF, including one tri-light, maybe I’m slightly relieved that they’re not obsolete yet.)
— Steve was hoping for better results from the LED, but at least it’s a step in the right direction.
I’m also curious of the power-draw. Hard to pass judgement until then. Except that it will allow for a lot of light from a tiny area.
Not only that, but since LEDs are much more efficient in their conversion of energy into light than either incandescent bulbs or halogens, we’ll all save money on our power bills. And I guess, help slow global warming or something, if it’s really our fault.
I want to know what the CRI of it is before I state any interest. I’ve spent good money to acquire some nice daylight-colored tube and compact fluorescent lamps to work under. There is a good chance that these lamps will be very narrow spectrum and only good for things like flashlights, car headlights, emergency lighting, etc.
I’m certainly not interested enough to buy anything at the moment, but I am interested enough to be excited at the potential.
While lighting one’s room may end up being less than feasible, LED-backlit monitors and possible focused projection might work out very well.
You couldn’t do either of those without full spectrum light either, else the colors would be off. That’s why current monitors (and scanners like the Nikon Coolscan series) use RGB LEDs and not white ones.
That seems logical.