As we saw with Jake Dyson's CSYS lamp, an integrated cooling system can enable LED bulbs to live longer lives. Now a company called Switch has encapsulated that principle in the very bulb itself—with liquid-cooled lightbulbs.
Switch claims that their bulbs, which are dimmable and can be screwed into any standard fixture, will last 25,000 hours and generate $150 in savings over their lifetime. (A good thing, as the $25-$35 price per bulb is bound to provide some sticker shock.) Unsurprisingly they're mum about how the liquid cooling technology works, but perhaps they'll release more information when the bulbs start shipping later this year.
via jetson green
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