New Argon light size of a tic tac

Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a lightbulb the size of a Tic Tac that gives off as much light as a streetlight. check it out: Video: Luxim's tiny but powerful plasma lightbulb - CNET News.com

Thanks for the info
will be interesting to follow this.
I wonder how much heat vers light and power consumtion?
Anyone have any more info????

i want to know what the spectrum they are.....google

they last for 20000 hours

Looks much more promising to me over led technology.

The tiny bulb contains an argon gas in the middle, as well as a component called a "puck." The bulb is partially embedded in a dielectric material. When electrical energy is delivered to the puck, the puck acts like an electrical lens. It heats up the argon to a temperature of 6000 degrees Kelvin, and turns the gas into a plasma that gives off light.




The plasma, whose 6000-degree temperature is similar to that of the surface of the sun, also emits a spectrum that looks very similar to the spectrum of sunlight.

The plasma bulb uses 250 watts, and achieves around 140 lumens per watt, making it very bright and highly efficient. By comparison, conventional lightbulbs and high-end LEDs get around 15 and 70 lumens per watt, respectively.

"A key advantage is that the energy is driven into the bulb without any electrodes, so you don't need any electrical connections to get the energy into the bulb," Luxim CEO Tony McGettigan explained to ZDNet.

Luxim is using different versions of its electrode-less plasma technology to develop lighting for ultra-bright projection displays, retail and street lighting, microscope lighting, and various medical applications.

I have questions about price, power consumption, spectrum, heat,Kelven temp, and time until they are actually available. There is a lot more to lighting than lumen numbers after all.

Ok you posted while I was typing, That answers some of my questions.Thanx.

no problem

Any idea what it costs??

Too new tech to be priced decently yet.Wait a while.

OK
Ill ask, Where can you get them and how much?

wow that looks really nice!

lets wait for the concept to develop and be adopted by the industries hehe

i like it

SOUNDS COOL
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sounds cool,
with all these schools and colleges there is gona be 1 smart ass who developes a smart ass bulb that uses very little energy, for a great output, way better then we could think of right now,
20-30 years ago racing car speed is what we get in normal cars now.
your kids kids gona grow some sick ass weed for less energy it takes to run a phone charger now.

The highest lumens I could find on their website was 12,000 lumens,,,, not enuff!!!

6500k, operating temp 87F, didn't mention price, hmmm

Did anyone try luxim.com,,,,,,,

Very cool indeed to equal a 1000 watt hid hps with 110000 lumnes you only need 785 watts so you save almost a 1/3..,Thats a good start and depending on heat these will fit perfect in tight places