That means inside every LED bulb are tiny circuit components -- and their soldered contact points -- which are far more vulnerable than the diode itself. The Lighting Research Center of the Rensselaer ...

Prisoner of war Nick Massaro worked quietly under a dim bulb to embroider a secret tapestry honouring fallen comrades. The soldier who once dreamed of art school used socks, handkerchiefs, and a red ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Too much burning of electric lights in Moscow homes was the subject of a brusque decree last week. Without explanation the Electric Service Bureau of the Moscow Soviet ordered citizens to reduce ...

Don’t Tax Innovation: The Patent ‘Wealth Tax’ Is a Terrible Idea Fed Independence Is a Myth Worth Keeping Take It from Albuquerque: Free Transit Is a Bad Idea Sooner or later there comes a moment when ...

If you’re testing old stereo equipment, a dim bulb tester can really come in handy. It’s not for testing bulbs, though, it’s a tester that uses a dim bulb to test other things. [Nicholas Morganti] ...

If you’re testing old stereo equipment, a dim bulb tester can really come in handy. It’s not for testing bulbs, though, it’s a tester that uses a dim bulb to test other things. [Nicholas Morganti] ...

All it takes is one bad bulb to keep all of the other Christmas lights from lighting up. The trouble is, how do you find that one bad bulb? This gadget is supposed to help you find it. A bad bulb ...

I’ve also treated the topic of LED illumination more conceptually; take, for example, this piece from more than seven years ago that analyzed LED and CFL light bulbs as potential successors to ...

When I was younger, I gazed at the stars at night and wondered how many possessed planets like Earth. Being a Star Trek nerd, I couldn’t help but imagine a universe where stars were fecund and planets ...