Luxim's new plasma lights

[chumley]

According to this post (http://gizmodo.com/369372/luxims-250w-tic+tac-sized-bulb-blows-away-400w-leds), a company named Luxim has come out with lighting that's 10 times as efficient as incandescent, and 2 times as efficient as LEDs. Also, because the light uses superhot plasma to make light, the spectrum is almost identical to that of the sun. CNET has a video of the lights here (http://www.news.com/Luxims-tiny-but-powerful-plasma-lightbulb/1606-2_3-6234653.html). Looks like an awesome light source. The only question left is 'how much'?

[mushaboom]

wow burns at 6000K. better not touch that with your finger!

[Mr. Clandestine]

If they can figure out how to keep that thing cool, it definitely seems like it'll be of interest to those looking to mimic sunlight indoors.

Nice find, maybe we'll be hearing more about this in the future! :jointsmile:

[hanayama]

wow. those look amazing!
couple more years of development and i bet they'll be able to cool 'em down...god willing.
they got 35,000 lumens from that one ity bity bulb! man i love technology!!!:dance::clap::dance::clap::bigsmoke:: clap::dance::clap::dance::computerlove1::woohoo::w oohoo::woohoo:

[phatsesh101]

LU1000B/HTL/EN
Initial Lumen Output: 145,000
Mean Life Hours: 24,000
Color Temperature: 2100 degrees Kelvin
CRI: 28
For use in all 1000 watt High Pressure Sodium (HPS) fixtures.
Temperature Source
1700 K Match flame
1850 K Candle flame
2800â??3300 K Incandescent light bulb
3350 K Studio "CP" light
3400 K Studio lamps, photofloods, etc.
4100 K Moonlight, Xenon arc lamp
5000 K Horizon daylight
5500â??6000 K Typical daylight, electronic flash
6500 K Noon daylight
9300 K CRT screen

the light actually runs cooler than an hid, the web site says 6000 k is full spectrum light it cotains all colors of light from blue to red equally it would be like having the suns spectrum in your closet

[CashandPrizes]

im gonna keep my eyes on this for sure. this is the first i've heard of them...

[Twentyinches]

damn, same temp as the sun the video says...thats hella hot. But I wonder how hot it would get in a reflector etc..
sooner or later all these elec and mag ballasts are going to be dinosaurs and a thing of the past :P

[fiddyonefiddy]

now that is some compact lighting.

[veggii]

I want 10 of them!!

[elskeetro]

hmmm...by same temp as the sun (6000k) i'm thinking they are referring to color temp...not thermal temp...I mean think about it...the guy is in the same room as the bulb, if it were as hot as the sun...well he wouldn't be there anymore...but still...amazing.

just one little bulb eh? i think the UFO just spun out of orbit...

skeet.

[ojitos1985]

hmmm...by same temp as the sun (6000k) i'm thinking they are referring to color temp...not thermal temp...I mean think about it...the guy is in the same room as the bulb, if it were as hot as the sun...well he wouldn't be there anymore...but still...amazing.

just one little bulb eh? i think the UFO just spun out of orbit...

skeet.

but he said the surface of the sun.. so i think is real tempeture

[veggii]

has anyone been able to find a place to purchase these bulbs yet!? I saw one place but the bulb was in a projector made by panasonic it cost like $3000. and I did'nt see any way to purchase a replacement bulb:mad:

[Revanche21]

wow.

I want one!

[Chong Version 2.0]

I think the temperature inside the light is extremely hot, hence the plasma. It is very small, however, and I doubt they would be difficult to cool. They only run on 250 watts and most of the energy is converted to light, not heat. This is awesome, just wait for these puppies to go mainstream.

plasma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics))