Japanese Breakthrough -- Brighter LEDs

[Raccoon]

White LED doubles efficiency

"SCIENTISTS IN JAPAN have made a breakthrough in white LEDs which will mean much brighter units can be made.

"According to the Nikkei Business Daily, the method converts light using a purple LED and a silicon carbide substrate.

"The wire said this converts light with much better efficiency, and will give brightness of 130 lumens per watt rather than the current limits of 70 lumens per watt."

Full Story: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27731

[yellow]

at home here, in my bike-forum,
all these treads would get an instant
"use the search function"

[Raccoon]

at home here, in my bike-forum,
all these treads would get an instant
"use the search function"

After scrolling through each thread one-by-one, I actually did manage to find someone who referenced the same site as I did (oops) but their post matched no common search criteria. I suppose this thread will change that.

Good luck with that bike, forum, thing.

[Sigman]

Yep, I'm going to close this one so it can be continued here.