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gizmodo.com — The world may be moving on to CFLs , but at least one designer is still thinking about how to improve the classic incandescent bulb. Joonhuyn Kim's concept is simple: flat bulbs take up less space and make them easier (and cheaper) to store and transport. A great idea, if not a little late. ...
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Flat Bulb
Tech Blog — ... Designed by Joonhuyn Kim, the Flat Bulb "take up less space and make it easier (and cheaper) to store and transport." No word yet on if this concept will go into production. Click here for first picture in gallery. A great idea, if not a little late. Perhaps makers of soft-serve style CFLs could take a page out of this book somewhere down the line. [via Gizmodo - Designboom]

Flat Lightbulb Solves all Benjamin Franklin’s Problems with Two Cuts
Yanko Design — ... about the LED Light Bulb, at length. The truth of the matter is: light bulbs that are innovative, cheap, energy efficient, and every wonderful thing you can imagine, still sells less units than the bulbs with the classic light bulb shape, by a lot! So, lets see if a certain blue-and-yellow Swedish “home products retailer” picks this design up so I can just hop on over to the Mall of America and pick one up! Or better yet, a bunch. Designer: Joonhuyn Kim [ Via Gizmodo & Designboom ] Joonhuyn ...

Flat Light Bulbs Are The Future
OhGizmo! — ... things) are much easier and cheaper to store and transport. And the especially nice thing about flat light bulbs is that they don’t hurl themselves off of high places to their doom. I’m sure they’d be significantly more expensive than normal “chubby” incandescents if they ever went into production, but with the increasing prevalence of efficient and long lasting CFLs and LEDs, that may not get a chance to happen. [ Designboom ] VIA [ Gizmodo ] ...

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