Camping gear has had LED headlamps for quite some time....I've got some that
include red as well as white LEDs so the RED can be used at night when you're
doing star gazing.  I also believe that traffic signals are moving to 
arrays of LEDS
for each signal...  This all is a good thing...


At 09:39 AM 2/9/2006 -0600, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>In the last couple of years or so, I have noticed the rapid proliferation of
>LED flashlights.  I purchased one about a year ago, and I was impressed by
>how bright they are and long the battery lasts in these flashlights and also
>the fact you can't easily break these "bulbs".  They also emit very little
>heat.
>
>In the computer industry, we have been familiar with LEDs for a long time
>but they were always red, green or yellow.  I recently came across this
>article which I thought some people might enjoy.
>
>http://www.livescience.com/technology/051021_nano_light.html
>
>DOE.gov shows that in the US about 9% of electric consumption is for
>lighting.  I don't have the time to look for industrial use or even
>government use of electricity for lights, but it seems to be a good fraction
>of total use.
>
>Coming soon to a hardware store near you?  I certainly hope so.
>
>Denys
>
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