Posted By:
Ed
Posted On:
Sunday, May 5th, 2002
Two scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have come up with new filament technology that may increase the efficiency of a standard incandescent light bulb from 5% to 60%. This may give us light bulbs that run cooler and use only a small fraction of the electricity, but an even more exciting application of the technology may be photovoltaics that are four times more efficient than those currently in use.