Do you know just how relevant to my interests THIS infographic is?! This is an awesome infographic — a comparison and history of some of our energy efficient lighting technologies. Check it out! Let's Compare Energy Efficient Lighting Technologies! Thanks, Precision Paragon!
Read More edison, energy, energy consumption, energy efficient, Jean Picard, lamps, tesla, WestinghouseThere were a few birthdays over the weekend that I totally missed, and now I feel horrible! Oh wait, both of these people are dead. Hmm. Yeah. HEY, so HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, Frank J. Sprague! Check out this proper lookin' military-turned-mucker dude! This is Frank J. Sprague and Rear Admiral S. S. Robinson (I told [...]
Read More edison, electricity, elevator, Frank J. Sprague, happy birthday, History, muckers, railway, Sprague Electric Railway and Motor CompanyWho's that guy with the big ol' head full of knowledge? It's Thomas Alva Edison! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Thomas Alva Edison! Check out my original HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS EDISON post – lots of fun knowledge about the guy that was sometimes a pretty big jerkface! Still, HAPPY 164th Birthday, Tommy Boy!
Read More edison, happy birthday, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas EdisonWHOA! Is that — is that Arthur E. Kennelly?! DUDE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Arthur E. Kennelly (17 December 1861-18 June 1939)! What a crazy mustache, mandingo! Arthur E. Kennelly was a self-taught physicist, which is pretty awesome among itself. Art started off his career as an office boy for the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEEE) when [...]
Read More Arthur E. Kennelly, edison, electrical theory, electricity, IEEE, Institute of Electrical Engineers, Thomas A. EdisonI wrote about something called the Sound Bulb, which was an LED lamp plus speaker thing that plugged into an Edison socket (you know, medium screw). Now there's something called the Bulb-Sound-Speaker – and it's a speaker that screws into a lamp socket for power. It's got a little Altec Lansing speaker in it, and [...]
Read More audio, Bulb-Sound-Speaker, edison, medium screw base, soundYanko Design posted about the Flat Bulb – it's a, um, well, it's a flat edison lamp, medium screw type, and it's flat. It's a flat bulb. Designed by Joonhuyn Kim and displayed at the 100% Design Tokyo show this year. So, the flatness – better for shipping? Won't roll away on you?
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