Watch a Light Bulb Totally Disintegrate a Ping Pong Ball
Here’s a 500 watt halogen light bulb vaporizing a ping pong ball. The wimpy plastic ball starts melting and then…
How Many Sailors Does It Take to Change 111 Light Bulbs?
Three! In this picture, a small team of sailors replace 111 light bulbs on the super structure of the aircraft carrier…
Philips Hue Light Bulbs Are Highly Hackable
If you're the proud owner of some smart Philips Hue light bulbs, watch out for blackouts—because the bulbs seem to be…
Our Favorite Laptops, Cameras, Light Bulbs, and More
T.S. Eliot didn't know what the hell he was talking about—August is unquestionably the cruelest month. With only four…
The Sun Made This 5.2-Million-Mile Tall Light Bulb
For all its ruthless atomic power, the Sun does some really cute things sometimes. Other than making flowers grow and…
How Incandescent Lightbulbs Really Work?
While you probably know the basics, perhaps you don't really know exactly how the magic of incandescent lightbulbs…
These Are the Android @ Home Light Bulbs You'll Be Able to Switch On With Your Android Device
Part of me wishes Google had gone with the Plumen light bulbs instead of Lighting Science Group's bulb, but I guess…
Why Do All the Christmas Lights Go Out When Only One Bulb Blows?
If you've dabbled in Christmas decorations with traditional Christmas lights, you'll know that when one bulb blows, the…
What Do Jet Engines And LED Light Bulbs Have In Common?
It's not the setup for a joke. Jets and light bulbs really do have something in common now that GE is using jet engine…
At Last, Someone Untangled Those Horrible Low-Consumption Light Bulbs
Bless English design company Hulger, for they have unraveled those horribly twisted contraptions that are low-energy,…
Use the 97.4% of Your Incandescent Light Bulb's Waste Energy to Heat Your Tea
Like an Easy Bake Oven, this tea kettle concept uses a 100W light bulb to heat its contents. Albeit inefficient, its…
Lightbulb Labels Will Start To Look Like Nutrition Facts
Soon, when you buy a new light bulb you'll see a new Nutrition Facts-style label that details the numbers most…
The Light Bulb That Could Help to Save the World
There plenty of fluorescent low-power lights out there, but their light depresses me. Unlike the EnduraLED, a LED-based…
Hot Electric Metal Encased in a Sphere of Glass
LEDs are efficient. But by choice, my house is still bathed in the warm glow of hot electrified metal, in a bulb of…
Oyule Light Bulbs: The Cheekiest Light Bulb Around
Oyule Light Bulbs are filled with paraffin and use a wick instead of a filament, so basically they become what the…
DIY Light Bulb Planters and Mini Terrariums Bring Too Many Puns
The ever-present flower on my desk sits in a skinny vase that doesn't exactly scream…
Light Bulb Door Handle Is Pretty Much the Worst Concept Ever
And the poor hand model from this shoot will never work again.
Easy Baking with a 100-Watt Light Bulb Takes Me Back
The combination of my Peter Pan complex and our weeklong celebration of food meant one thing: Calling in an Easy Bake…
Sorry Visa, Our Credit Cards Have Light Bulbs Now
Carrying a lightbulb around in your pocket has always led to precariously sharp pocket lint. Or worse. Or worser.
Sharp LED Lightbulbs Sets the White Point In Your Entire House
Why change the camera white point when you can actually change the entire room white point and leave your camera fixed?…