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submitted 1 year ago by lamp to c/lighting

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Perhaps we can make this community about lighting rather than LED lighting? Arc lamps are still useful and some research indicates that incandescent lamps can be made energy efficient.

If no then perhaps you should create "LEDLighting" to use instead.

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[–] lamp 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It hasn't been productized yet to my knowledge; the technology needs to be licensed from the MIT Technology Licensing Office.

https://tlo.mit.edu/technologies/high-efficiency-incandescent-lighting

I would bet that nothing will happen until the patent expires in 2033 and only then will products magically appear, just like what happened with 3D printers. Laws will have to be updated to specify efficiency requirements rather than underlying technology which was obviously a mistake.

I personally think that LEDs have their place but other types of lights are still useful and sometimes better, like directional incandescent MR16 bulbs and arc lamps like I mentioned above. LEDs will get there soon but aren't there yet. And by that time maybe they'll be obsoleted by newer technology!

There is also the fact that electricity is about to get vastly cheaper due to vastly cheaper batteries and solar panels, to the point where LEDs may be bad for the environment compared to much simpler and much cheaper-to-manufacture traditional incandescent lights. The world of lighting is changing fast!