On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 06:00:14PM +0530, Gautam John wrote: > And this just in: > > "Osram has developed a small light-emitting diode spotlight that > achieves an output of more than 1,000 lumens for the first time. > That's brighter than a 50-watt halogen lamp, thereby making the device > suitable for a broad range of general lighting applications. The Ostar > Lighting LED, which will be launched on the market this summer, can > provide sufficient light for a desk from a height of two meters, for > example. Its small size also enables the creation of completely new > lamp shapes."
I've seen it -- it doesn't beat the fluorescents by a factor of two yet, as the most efficient LEDs do. This one is damn bright, though, so I look forward to buying a LED lamp that is bright enough for a desktop. There are cuttable LED strips around http://www.google.com/search?q=LED+strip&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a but I'm not especially excited about them yet. Something self-adhesive, bright and with a good solid state AC/DC converter would be good. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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