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the light bulb gets flat

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Who says light bulbs need to be round? Despite what Copernicus might have taught us, flat is the new round.

Korean designer Joonhuyn Kim has reinvented the classic incandescent light bulb by putting it into a flat glass enclosure.

Kim claims the new bulbs take up just 1/3rd of the space of a conventional bulb,…

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December 28th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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x-ray lighting fixtures won’t expose you to radiation

Usually when I think about X-rays, it conjures up images of sitting on a table in an ill-fitting hospital gown with a weighty lead apron draped over some part of my body. Fortunately, these X-ray lamps require not so much as a visit to the doctor’s office.

Designer Wonsuk Cho created these pendant lamps using…

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October 21st, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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