LED SourceFour?!

[derekleffew]

See this link.

[Charc]

False alarm, thanks a lot Derek... I'll drift back into the land of filaments...

[Jby007]

its a great idea but it will never happen

[zac850]

You tease.

[derekleffew]

Originally Posted by Jby007

It's a great idea, but it will never happen

Wanna bet?

[phil000]

I'm with derek on this one, check the spec sheets on the edison opto or the osram platinum dragon LED's. They're getting there. And the optics will be better as well, the smaller the light source.

I would also like to mention how happy it makes me that this appears right above the fire that derek, errrr someone started


I have 2 of those little color changing colorkinetic led changing bulbs, they're nice, not bright, but still pretty cool

[JD]

Only a matter of time until they are powerful enough!

Its all about heat management. Unlike incandescent, where waste heat is found in the beam, LEDs need to have the heat moved out by direct contact (think heatsink) as it does not exit in the beam. Also, their performance plummets as the junction temperature rises. So, it's all about pumping up the power while keeping things cool.

Hummmmm... I'm picturing an S4 with a plug and water hoses

[SteveB]

Derek

It's still a butt friggin ugly table lamp.

Steve B.

[Radiant]

Umm, the light is coming out the wrong end.

[Lightingguy32]

Definitly likely within the next 5 to 8 years considering how fast LED technology (esp white) is moving along. Just look at how many high output LED flashlights are available now. In most typical cases now, High brightness White LEDs traipse both incandescents and fluorescents in lumens per watt and lumen efficiency/ life time.