Nano Tube Light Bulb

Some chinese scientists at a southern US University did an experiment
with a Carbon nanotube by replacing the tungsten filament with a
nanotube. They found that the Nanotube version burns brighter at a
lower voltage. This means cheaper light. The first real innovation
in the lightbulb in 125 years!

Nanotubes were a possible replacement for circuits in microprocessors
that IBM was working on for a while.

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Some chinese scientists at a southern US University did an experiment
with a Carbon nanotube by replacing the tungsten filament with a
nanotube. They found that the Nanotube version burns brighter at a
lower voltage. This means cheaper light. The first real innovation
in the lightbulb in 125 years!

First real innovation in the lightbulb in 125 years? Well, if you don't
count the florescent bulbs many of us already use.

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On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:53:57 GMT, DevilsPGD
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Some chinese scientists at a southern US University did an experiment
with a Carbon nanotube by replacing the tungsten filament with a
nanotube. They found that the Nanotube version burns brighter at a
lower voltage. This means cheaper light. The first real innovation
in the lightbulb in 125 years!

First real innovation in the lightbulb in 125 years? Well, if you don't
count the florescent bulbs many of us already use.

.... or any of the other gas-filled bulbs that aren't so popular simply
because they cost more, as nanotubes would.

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Some chinese scientists at a southern US University did an
experiment with a Carbon nanotube by replacing the tungsten
filament with a nanotube. They found that the Nanotube version
burns brighter at a lower voltage. This means cheaper light.
The first real innovation in the lightbulb in 125 years!

First real innovation in the lightbulb in 125 years? Well, if
you don't count the florescent bulbs many of us already use.

and what, if anything other than troll food, is a nanotube, carbon
or otherwise? If it is 1e-9 of a tube, what kind of tube - sock,
inner, vacuum, chip carrier, London subway, etc.?

I observe that he deems Carbon worthy of capitalization, but not
chinese.

Color me confused.

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Some chinese scientists at a southern US University did an experiment
with a Carbon nanotube by replacing the tungsten filament with a
nanotube. They found that the Nanotube version burns brighter at a
lower voltage. This means cheaper light. The first real innovation
in the lightbulb in 125 years!

First real innovation in the lightbulb in 125 years? Well, if you don't
count the florescent bulbs many of us already use.

... or any of the other gas-filled bulbs that aren't so popular simply
because they cost more, as nanotubes would.

Yeah, exactly. Personally I'm switching over as far as my existing
bulbs die. I've yet to have any of the new ones die on me, and I'm
already using the third generation of "really really really longer
lasting" bulbs, at 13w and 18w instead of 60w and 100w. I've yet to
have any of my first generation ones die, although I've moved them all
to the basement because they take a second to turn on -- The second and
third generation ones turn on instantly and silently, so they get
placement in the "public" areas of my house.

Transporting them when I moved was a bitch, but I wasn't about to leave
$50 worth of bulbs behind though.

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On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 07:34:04 GMT, DevilsPGD
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... or any of the other gas-filled bulbs that aren't so popular simply
because they cost more, as nanotubes would.

Yeah, exactly. Personally I'm switching over as far as my existing
bulbs die. I've yet to have any of the new ones die on me, and I'm
already using the third generation of "really really really longer
lasting" bulbs, at 13w and 18w instead of 60w and 100w. I've yet to
have any of my first generation ones die, although I've moved them all
to the basement because they take a second to turn on -- The second and
third generation ones turn on instantly and silently, so they get
placement in the "public" areas of my house.

Transporting them when I moved was a bitch, but I wasn't about to leave
$50 worth of bulbs behind though.

My main gripe with them is that, prior to purchase, I'm wondering what
hue the light will be. The last pack I bought was "Commercial Electric",
14W, which have too much of a greenish hue for my liking. You get used
to it quickly enough though and they were only $7 a 4-pack on sale so I
can't complain too much.