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From Thomas Edison to LEDs: A Brief History of Christmas Tree Lights
As Christmas approaches, millions of Americans will partake in the annual tradition of pulling tangled snarls of lights out of their closets and draping them over roofs, across walls, and through ...
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Tech In Plain Sight: Incandescent Bulbs
While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely replaced by LEDs and other lighting technology. However, you still see ...
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4 Light Bulb Base Types To Know About
When you think of light bulbs, this base probably comes to mind. Named for Thomas Edison and patented in 1881, the metal, ...
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100-Year-Old Businesses: Edison International
Southern California Edison and its predecessor companies have been powering the lives of Angelenos going back to late 1880s, ...
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Lead us not into darkness, but deliver us from ignorance
They are making America’s extraordinary culture and capacity obsolescent. So about those bulbs: After Thomas Edison got his patent for light bulbs, there was a rush to develop the glass, filament and ...
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Thomas Edison, Chemist
Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...
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Twisted light: The Edison bulb has purpose again
Forget LEDs, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new type of incandescent light bulb. The device is capable of emitting elliptically polarized light, described as "twisted ...
Orange County Register27d
As we enter the shortest days of the year here’s the history of light bulbs
Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. We walk into a dark room and flick a light switch and don’t ...
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Twisted Edison: Bright, elliptically polarized incandescent light
Bright, twisted light can be produced with technology similar to an Edison light bulb, researchers have shown. The finding adds nuance to fundamental physics while offering a new avenue for ...
Is artificial intelligence having its lightbulb moment? – Rowan Simpson
OPINION: We might be overestimating AI's short-term potential.
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University of Michigan develops incandescent bulb emitting bright twisted light
Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a new type of incandescent light bulb capable of emitting bright, twisted light—known as chiral light—using technology reminiscent of Thomas ...
East Bay Times25d
As we enter the shortest days of the year here’s the history of light bulbs
Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. RELATED: Livermore’s 123-year-old Centennial Lightbulb ...