Lightbulbs

​Philips has wheeled out a new addition to its family of Hue connected light bulbs. The Philips Hue E14 candle light bulb comes in both color and white ambiance versions, and hooks up to the Hue ecosystem for those looking to set a certain type of mood.

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) that could fit into standard light sockets only hit the market in the 1980s, but the signs are their days may be numbered. GE has announced it will cease production of CFLs this year and instead switch its focus to producing LEDs.

Smart LED lightbulbs typically let you change their color. Some provide more advanced functionality, like simple automation. The new Ilumi smartbulb, however, has a host of features that make it far more versatile than others. It's also said to be brighter and more energy-efficient.

A start-up called Saffron has developed the prototype of a LED light that can sync our internal clock to the natural shifting color spectrum of the sun. The designers claim that Silk can improve our humor and sleep patterns by giving us get the right kind of light for the each time of the day.

A team of scientists and engineers have used graphene just one atom thick mounted on a microchip, to create what they claim is the world's thinnest incandescent light-bulb

LEDs are more economical than incandescent bulbs in the long run, although they're costlier on a per-bulb basis. That price gap could soon be closing, however, as scientists have discovered a cheaper alternative to one of their most expensive ingredients.

The King Edison Pendant Lamp consists of a tiny working chandelier encased in a light bulb-like glass globe.

Eighteen year-old engineering student Chris Rieger has spent the last six months building his LevLight system, where an LED light module floats in mid-air while wirelessly receiving its power from a coil hidden inside a wooden box.

GE has announced the addition of a 100 W incandescent equivalent to its range of LED replacement light bulbs.

Nokero's N100 weatherproof solar lightbulb could provide a clean, safe and affordable lighting alternative to fuel-based illumination currently used by a quarter of the world's population

At a time when the incandescent bulb is itself being replaced by newer lighting technology, Industrial designer Sergio Silva has sent the bulbs back in time by turning reclaimed light bulbs into an oil lamp dubbed the Oyule.

The Eternaleds HydraLux-4 LED bulb is the world’s first light bulb to use liquid-cooling technology to give a true 360-degree light like a regular incandescent light bulb.