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EDITORIAL: Light went out on incandescent bulbs with little notice
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 8—Why it matters: The official passing of the incandescent light bulb has gone by with little notice, a testament to the fact we can get rid of wasteful old technologies. It was more than ...
These are the best — and worst — lightbulbs for the planet
Yahoo Life· 2 years ago“Going from an incandescent to an LED is like replacing a car that gets 25 miles per gallon with...
Hitting the Books: Why nobody knows Hiram Maxim, inventor of the incandescent lightbulb
Engadget· 1 year agoIn "The Things We Make, Dr. Bill Hammack, recounts the tale of Hiram Maxim, an irrepressible...
At 150 years, the Kentucky Derby is older than ... almost everything. Its place in history.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Sports· 1 month agoOne hundred fifty. It’s a small number if we’re counting raindrops. It’s a big number if we’re...
11 Inventions That Changed the World as We Know It
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoInventing a useful product or process is serious business — turn a great idea into a marketable widget, and you could earn millions of dollars. But that...