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"lightbulb" is a small device that produces light when connected to a power source. It is often used to illuminate homes, buildings, and other spaces.
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Stallone, as mentioned, has never been the strongest director (appropriately, he reaches a brief nadir during his biggest hit, when, in Rocky IV, he fixes on a field of
lightbulbs in a light - up sign and then zooms way in for no particular reason).
Like a lot of cult movies though, it has it's flaws; the settings are basic and it has the old flashing computers with an abundance
of lightbulbs on show but it's testament to Carpenter's vision that his concept overrides these dated faults and the film still manages to remain suitably futuristic.
I've been sharing my most recent life
changing lightbulb moment all over Instagram but I wanted to take a moment to delve deeper with you.
In Toronto, a number of MaRS startups are embracing sustainability as their go - forward retail strategy including Nanoleaf, the world's most energy efficient
LED lightbulb with an automatic dimming solution, and ReDeTec, a company that recycles plastics for 3D printers.
Customers receive a Philips Hue smart
lightbulb for free with the purchase of an Echo Plus, while supplies last.
For example, you can shave a few dollars off your bills by replacing
incandescent lightbulbs with LEDs, but if you want to cut your bills more significantly you'll have to replace the appliances and systems that use the most energy.
Smart lights: In October 2016, the International Space Station plans to replace its fluorescent
lightbulbs with new lamps that emit blue light by day, and by night, emit longer wavelengths, which are less disruptive to sleep.
There are quite a number of
smart lightbulbs on the market now, with more getting added to the list of HomeKit connected products regularly.
He uses compact
fluorescent lightbulbs in many of his lamps at home but emphasizes, «It's not to save the world.
«Archaeologists have recognized that from 1300 onward, Mississippian villages started disappearing one after the other, almost
like lightbulbs in a string, but the question has always been «why?»»
(Thomas Edison systematically tried all kinds of materials for suitability
as lightbulb filaments.)
My favorite at the moment is the command: «Dim the bedroom lights to 50 percent and play Bravo on YouTube TV on the Bedroom TV,» which dims two Philips
Hue lightbulbs in my bedroom and then starts playback of the channel I mentioned on the TV in my bedroom.
(taken
from Lightbulbs and Civilisation) The evil Maid Marion, and is a fish in the neck, funny?
Which is why being more energy efficient — recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to light a 100 -
watt lightbulb for nearly a day — is so crucial.
In the end, that clause is to make sure the tenant has a vested interest into the upkeep of the property and to eliminate many repair call on very minor items (changing
lightbulbs comes to mind)
We doubt it, but we can already
see lightbulbs in the minds of rockcrawling enthusiasts.
A shocking story is that of the Phoebus cartel and how the industry in the 1920ies started to control the consumption and manufacturing of
lightbulbs by making it shorter - lived on purpose to sell more.
Welltower provided capital and support to Revera to
replace lightbulbs in the operator's buildings, upgrading to LED bulbs.
A helpful
lightbulb icon indicates areas where professional learning opportunities are aligned to the rubric.
The Korean electronics maker's dull - ish inaugural connected
lightbulb doesn't exactly turn us on.
Your purchase also comes with a
connected lightbulb base for smart lighting integrations, such as turning on the light when the camera detects motion.
Open shelving confines dishware to the essentials, while a row of bare
Edison lightbulbs provides general and task lighting.
Further, the liquid - crystal display televisions that are likely to replace them contain mercury in the fluorescent
lightbulbs inside them.
One member of the Guardian's environment desk admits to leaving his energy -
saving lightbulbs on more than traditional bulbs.
You may remember Paterson's work from the Modern's Focus series, where visitors encountered Light bulb to Stimulate Moonlight, an incandescent
lightbulb which transmitted wavelengths identical to those of moonlight in a darkened gallery space.
Unless you want your house to look like an old warehouse in puke yellow, do not use
CFL lightbulbs anywhere in your home for photos.
The convenient and ancient view among elites that the poor are actually spiritually rich, and the exaggeration of insignificant gestures like recycling and buying
new lightbulbs, are both motivated by the cognitive dissonance created by simultaneously believing that not all seven billion humans on earth can «live like we live» and, consciously or unconsciously, knowing that we are unwilling to give up our high standard of living.
The old, incandescent
lightbulb turns 90 percent of the electricity it uses into heat rather than light.
When Thomas Edison invented a practical
electric lightbulb more than 130 years ago, he performed thousands of experiments on prototypes, and we still marvel at his methodical patience today.
Seek and charge: Energous» WattUp works like a wireless router, beaming energy to charge tablets, phones, and
even lightbulbs from up to 20 feet away.
It's the first time this room - sized installation — in which
lightbulbs flash on and off inside a grid of wire - mesh cages, to the amplified whine of the electric current — has been shown in Europe.
Ben will be speaking at the session Solving the Energy Crisis: all
about lightbulbs and lifestyle?
My friend, fellow author and writer at (in) courage Jennifer Dukes Lee had a
little lightbulb moment after reading the book.
For example, a consumer could use her tokens to just pay what it costs to illuminate a
single lightbulb for 15 minutes, something that would amount to a small fraction of a cent.
The show includes 500 works and ephemera spanning the 1960s to 1980s, with familiar forms like a felt - laden sled, a Fluxus violin, and Capri Battery, a lemon -
powered lightbulb.
Hmmm, I suppose
if lightbulbs changed we'd have to get new light fixtures!
One of the platinum metals, osmium is the densest naturally occurring element, almost twice as dense as lead, and has a stratospheric melting point in the same league as that of the tungsten used for
lightbulb filaments.
There's no need for extra hardware or hubs, just screw it into any
standard lightbulb base and download the app.
To add some coziness to this old stove I tucked some flickering flame string lights inside and poked a
few lightbulbs out of the vent holes so you could see the «fire».