Hasta La Gadget!

It’s safe to say that there a lot of people out there who are clueless when it comes to televisions and displays. Sure you can walk into a store, see the beautiful displays on, well, display, and then when you attempt to find out what sort of television/display you are looking at, the sales person chucks tech jargon at you and you’re left feeling even more confused. For those a little more tech savvy, you might have heard of LCD, LED, Plasma and OLED TVs before, but what exactly do they mean?

Well Linus from Techquickie (also does videos for retailer NCIX) has thrown together a video in which he himself states he will explain the difference in the displays in as little time as possible. The video clocks a little over 3 minutes and while it does seem a little short, it does give a pretty clear breakdown on the different display types, meaning that you should be able to walk into an electronics store as a more educated consumer.

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Some people like to relax in the bathtub by turning on some slow and relaxing music, maybe fire up some bubbles and light some candles. However if that’s too traditional and clichéd for your liking, Japanese company Takeshita has announced a bathtub they are calling the “Hotaru”, and if you check out the video above, it’s actually a bathtub that comes with built-in LEDs that according to the company, will provide a “healing bath experience”, or whatever that means. Naturally the LED lighting will be waterproofed and will come with 7 different colors that users can choose from. For those interested in a more random experience, an auto mode is provided that will change the colors by itself. Capable to holding up to 350 liters, the Hotaru bathtub is available in Japan and will cost a whopping $15,000. Yikes!

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I don’t why, but it seems like I’m constantly changing light bulbs at my house. Normal incandescent bulbs last only a couple weeks in some of my lights meaning every other time I hit the switch it feels like I’m needing to pull out the stepstool and replace some bulbs. I would love to use LED-based light rather than the little florescent bulbs I’ve started using because I don’t care for the color of light they produce.

The problem is that most LED light bulbs are either too dim or too expensive for me to justify. Finally, LED light bulbs are beginning to come down in price and increase in brightness to the point where you can use them in your average light fixture. Home improvement center Lowe’s has a new line of LED bulbs sold under the Utilitech brand that are surprisingly affordable.

The company offers several different watt ratings under the Utilitech name including a 100 W equivalent. That 100 W equivalent bulb consumes 23 W of power and produces a warm white light color in the 3000K range. The bulbs are rather odd looking with a very large finned heatsink and the yellow protrusion where the LEDs are actually housed.

I’d like to see the bulb in a fixture to get an idea of how much of that is going to stick out or if it’s approximately the same size as a traditional bulb. With looks aside, the 100 W version sells for $34.98. That’s still pretty expensive, but it has a 25,000 hour lifespan meaning you won’t have to replace this bulb for years, in fact the manufacturer says 22 years. Perhaps even more appealing than the 100 W equivalent is a incredibly cheap 40 W equivalent sold under the same brand name that costs $9.98. That isn’t much more expensive than the small florescent lights on the market and you shouldn’t have to wait for an LED bulb warm-up the way you do a florescent bulb to get full light strength.

[via Lowe’s]

Utilitech LED light bulbs get cheap at Lowe’s is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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While lighting in our homes serve as a way to illuminate, other times lights can be used for decorative purposes, as well as to set the mood. If you’re looking for a unique lamp for your home, this lamp made by Paul Foeckler at Split Grain might be of interest to you. As you can see in the photo above, this lamp is by no means conventional and we doubt that you would be using it for a bedside reading lamp, but if you’re in the market for a conversational piece, we think this might get the job done. Made from pieces of California cypress trees, it features a white LED lamp and is carved entirely handmade, clocking in over 50 hours just to complete this piece. It looks pretty awesome and will help warmth to a room, but unfortunately there is only one unit available and it will cost you a whopping $750. If you’d like to check out more photos or read more about this lamp sculpture, head on over to Foeckler’s Etsy page for the details.

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