The bright boys at MIT think they have a new, really efficient incandescent. From the U.K. Telegraph: (bad pun intended)

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Curiosity supposedly killed the cat. It will just cost the cat a few bucks depending on how curious the cat is. This leads to the original article in the publication referenced at the end of the Telegraph story.

New light bulb?

Jan 12, 2016 21 Replies

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Dean Hoffman 10 years ago

Curiosity supposedly killed the cat. It will just cost the cat a few bucks depending on how curious the cat is. This

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leads to the original article in the publication referenced at the end of the Telegraph story.

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Don Y 10 years ago

I'd start here:

And then consult:

A quick glance suggest the manufacturing process probably will require LOTS of retooling -- to deposit ~90 layers on the filaments before encapsulation! And, no idea how brittle the filaments will end up in a mass-produced scenario!

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