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Build a Better Bulb for a $10 Million Prize
By ERIC A. TAUB and LEORA BROYDO VESTEL (New York Times)
Philips has developed an LED light bulb that uses one-sixth the energy of a standard 60-watt incandescent bulb.
Philips has developed an LED light bulb that uses one-sixth the energy of a standard 60-watt incandescent bulb.
The ubiquitous but highly inefficient 60-watt light bulb badly needs a makeover. And it could be worth millions in government prize money — and more in government contracts — to the first company that figures out how to do it.
Right now, that company could be Philips, the Dutch electronics giant. The company announced on Thursday that it had submitted the first entry for the L Prize, an Energy Department contest that will award up to $10 million to the first person or group to create a new energy-sipping version of the most popular type of light bulb used in America.
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