I'm not the slightest bit surprised that there are some in use right now.
There was a time when only a small group of a certain type of people had
computers in their homes. Here's to hoping that the timeframe is closer
than my friend and her peers think. :-)
Dave
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 11:39:49AM -0800, Shawn Gordon wrote:
> I have a friend that is hard core in to this, and they have this
> amazing track lighting using LED's that is starting to get used in
> homes, it's a heck of a lot closer than you think.
>
> At 11:01 AM 2/9/2006, Dave Oksner wrote:
> >The traffic signals in our area (Central Coast of California) have been
> >all LED for a while now. I think the Red was first to be converted, then
> >an acceptable "green" was found, followed shortly by yellow. At first,
> >I was irritated by how bright the "green" ones are, but I got used to it
> >and I like them a lot in just about all other respects.
> >
> >Unfortunately, I was just talking to a friend about home lighting and
> >it's the consensus of her (and her peers) that home LED space lighting
> >has a long way to go; 10 years or more. But progress is still being
> >made.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:40:49PM -0600, Jerry Fochtman wrote:
> > > 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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