Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Dec 3, 2012 0:33:43 GMT -5
This is an article on the BBC website about a new kind of light source that could replace florescents, but I wonder if it could be the next best thing for lightsaber props someday?
3 December 2012 Last updated at 00:05 ET
Plastic bulb development promises better quality light
Matt McGrath By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News
US researchers say they have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs.
The new source is made from layers of plastic and is said to be more efficient while producing a better quality of flicker-free light.
The scientists behind it say they believe the first units will be produced in 2013.
Details of the new development have been published in the journal Organic Electronics.
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The Fipel bulb, he says, overcomes all these problems.
"What we've found is a way of creating light rather than heat. Our devices contain no mercury, they contain no caustic chemicals and they don't break as they are not made of glass."
Prof Carroll says his new bulb is cheap to make and he has a "corporate partner" interested in manufacturing the device. He believes the first production runs will take place in 2013.
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Hmmmmmm, I wonder if you could do a little sparing with them and the battery would fit in the hilt of a lightsaber?
3 December 2012 Last updated at 00:05 ET
Plastic bulb development promises better quality light
Matt McGrath By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News
US researchers say they have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs.
The new source is made from layers of plastic and is said to be more efficient while producing a better quality of flicker-free light.
The scientists behind it say they believe the first units will be produced in 2013.
Details of the new development have been published in the journal Organic Electronics.
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The Fipel bulb, he says, overcomes all these problems.
"What we've found is a way of creating light rather than heat. Our devices contain no mercury, they contain no caustic chemicals and they don't break as they are not made of glass."
Prof Carroll says his new bulb is cheap to make and he has a "corporate partner" interested in manufacturing the device. He believes the first production runs will take place in 2013.
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Hmmmmmm, I wonder if you could do a little sparing with them and the battery would fit in the hilt of a lightsaber?
