Not only do filament light bulbs perfectly capture the simplicity of his 19th-century invention, but nearly 150 years on, ...

As also noted previously, I’ve done a lot of LED light bulb teardowns over the years, not even counting LED illumination sources that aren’t bulb-shaped, like touch-activated and motion-sensing panels ...

In October of 1879, a working carbon filament light bulb was demonstrated by Edison. Most modern reproductions of the original carbon filament bulb are commonly known as the "Edison light bulb." ...

If the bulbs inside are indeed compatible with a 3-way light socket, that fact should be very clearly noted on the cover, along with the precise wattage of each lighting level — with an average ...

The light bulb in your car’s tail light has two filaments inside: one for the normal tail light, and a second one that comes on when you brake. By burning out the dimmer filament, [Marcel ...

Latimer created a light bulb with a more durable filament made of carbon. He sold the patent to the US Electric Co. in 1881, and a year later patented a process for efficiently manufacturing the ...

In 1885, the U.S. had an estimated 300,000 carbon filament bulbs. By 1914, there were 88.5 million. ... A light bulb is of course less efficient than an air source heat pump, ...

In 1906, GE engineer William Coolidge developed the modern light bulb with a long-lasting and super-bright tungsten filament -- an improvement that GE commercialized in 1911.