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G.E. announces CFL bulb in new incandescent shape
crunchgear.com - 12/12/2008
G.E. announces CFL bulb in new incandescent shape
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Image credit: Vox_efx from flickr G.E. today announced “a new covered GE Energy Smart® compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb featuring the GE Spiral® CFL inside the glass bulb.” That’s right: it’s a CFL coil hidden discretely inside of a normal incandescent ...

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Tech Digest:  General Electric creates incandescent-shaped CFL bulb

businesswire.com - 12/11/2008
ADDING MULTIMEDIA GE Debuts World’s First Truly Incandescent-Shaped Energy Smart
— businesswire.com — ADDING MULTIMEDIA GE Debuts World’s First Truly Incandescent-Shaped Energy Smart® CFL Bulb CLEVELAND--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Miniaturized electronics developed by GE Consumer & Industrial engineers and scientists are the enabling technology of a new ... (more) ADDING MULTIMEDIA GE Debuts World’s First Truly ...
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GE frees CFL lighting from the tyranny of ugly
engadget.com - 12/11/2008
GE frees CFL lighting from the tyranny of ugly
— engadget.com — Was it Arthur C. Clarke who said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic? If he was correct, it would follow that GE's new Energy Smart CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulb is most magical. A true product of ... (more) GE frees CFL lighting from the tyranny of ugly
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General Electric creates incandescent-shaped CFL bulb
Tech Digest — ... Electric has crammed a compact-fluorescent tube into a normally-shaped incandescent bulb. It means that you get all the environmental and power-saving benefits of the CFL, with none of the "But it looks so freaky!" drawbacks. Seriously though, is there anyone out there who's so wedded to the shape of the incandescent that they've put off upgrading for this reason? If that's you, then explain yourself in the comments, you strange person. Video explaining the new bulb (via CrunchGear) ...

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