Philips Releases Pancake-Shaped, Flattened LED Light Bulb
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Just in time for the incandescent bulb phase-out in the US, Philips has unveiled their SlimStyle LED bulb, a new innovative flat pancake-shaped bulb which is more affordable than LED and CFL bulbs currently on the market. By flattening its bulb, Philips has eliminated the need of a heavy (and expensive) metal heat sink. A heat sink was previously required to draw away heat from overheating bulbs due to the close arrangements of LED diodes. Arranging the LED diodes in this new horseshoe shape design also allows the diodes to radiate heat outward, across the bulb in an arc, further reducing heat generation. The new SlimStyle bulbs are selling at US homeware stores (Home Depot) for US$9.97.
Link: http://inhabitat.com/philips-unveils-slimstyle-a-10-pancake-shaped-light-bulb/
Date and Source: 3 January 2014, Inhabitat.com
