• DocumentCode
    1479797
  • Title

    Lights Out

  • Author

    Bowers, Brian

  • Author_Institution
    British Patent Office, London´´s Science Museum
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    44
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    After a reign of more than 130 years, the incandescent lightbulb has earned a spot in the pantheon of the most successful technologies humankind has ever produced. It casts its glow in homes, businesses, and societies that would be almost unrecognizable to those who first delighted in its rays, like tiny suns in graceful glass. Along with the landline telephone and the internal combustion engine, it underpinned and helped usher in our modern world. And now, it´s going.
  • Keywords
    filament lamps; incandescent lightbulb; Electricity; Lighting; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2011.5738399
  • Filename
    5738399
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1479797