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Light Bulbs Burning Out Of Industry
The light bulb will soon become obsolete in all industries due to the adoption of the LED. The display industry has already started using LED's in displays, and the trend has branched outward according to an article at eBuild.com.
Thomas Alva Edison, the wizard of Menlo Park, was born Feb. 11, 1847, and died Oct. 18, 1931, in West Orange, N.J.
He's about to die again.
In what technologists are calling the death of Edison, advances in electronics will render his signature invention - a bright, long- lasting light bulb - obsolete.
By decade's end, or as soon as 2008, the world's general illumination market will to begin a gradual transition from the incandescent light bulb, barely changed since the days of Edison, to light-emitting diodes.
Why chuck the venerable light bulb?
Around 2009, an equivalent LED still will be about five times more expensive than the 75-cent-to-$1 100-watt bulb at the hardware store, says Jagdish Rebello, an analyst at researcher iSuppli.
But consider the operating savings, he adds. They will last about 10 times longer and consume only one-tenth of the power...
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