SciAm on Cree’s New LEDs . . . (not equal to ‘frankenbulb’)

Scientific American has noticed the new, cheaper LED bulbs from Cree. From the piece:

“Consumers are fairly confused and frustrated. They have a product that they really like. The incandescent bulb has been around for 130 years,” he said.

Alternatives to the inefficient incandescent bulb have failed to catch consumers’ imagination so far.

Their harsh white light has earned many of them the epithet “frankenbulb.”

But Cree has designed its new bulb to have the same glass dome of the incandescent, along with shatterproof coating. The LED panel is in the center of the glass dome so the light is dispersed in all directions much like the filament of a traditional bulb.

 

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