Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) debuted in the 1980s and became popular a couple of decades later, when manufacturers ...

A few years back, when I got my first LED-based lightbulb, it seemed natural to stick it into a wattmeter to get a sense of its efficiency. At under 15 Watts of power drawn, it clearly beat any ...

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Designed to blend in, but also to stand out, this new QuikBeam from Astera aims to be the best of both worlds in the lighting ...

There is a mercury-free alternative form of highly efficient light to the compact fluorescent light bulbs John Funk writes about. In the last few years, light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs have ...

Buying a light bulb can be complicated. If you don't take the time to figure out what type of bulb you need, it may not match the color of the other bulbs in the room or even work in your fixture.

LED light bulbs got a top award at the International Design Excellence Awards 2010. The IDEA 2010 awards sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America took a shine to LED light bulbs this ...

Power Integrations today published a new reference design (RD-268) for candelabra-style replacement bulbs. The design is based on LNK454DG, a member of the company’s recently launched LinkSwitch-PL ...

I get that we have to let incandescents go, but the chilly, shrill light of their replacements doesn’t compare. By Pamela Paul New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect ...

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) debuted in the 1980s and became popular a couple of decades later, when manufacturers improved their performance and fit. These bulbs are about 75% more ...