Iwasaki Electric just announced their new LED Bouhantou, an LED bulb made for outdoor use. The idea has some hidden advantages, like not emitting UV light and thereby not attracting bugs (all while keeping the light quality more pleasant than the current alien death pee alternatives.) And of course, the units are major power savers. While each bulb is technically comprised of 3 smaller lights, the LED Bouhantou only requires 15W of energy and can operate for 40,000 hours.
At this rate, it won’t be long until LEDs are more practical than the free energy from the sun. (And we can finally blow it up, avenging that vicious burn we received as a kid…and every year since.)
On a side note, is it even possible to blow up the sun? I mean…more than it’s already blowing up? Physicists? People pretending to be physicists?
LED Light for Outdoors Developed [japantoday]
