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Bright idea? Artist invents a wooden light bulb

By | June 13, 2012, 5:30 AM PDT

Now here´s yet another example of how LEDs simply put incandescent bulbs to shame.

This wooden light bulb was created using an ancient carving technique known as Rokuro, in which a layer of wood is created by chipping it down to its absolute thinnest point. The artist, Ryosuke Fukusada, then wrapped the shell around a light bulb.

As an Eco-friendly decoration piece, the handiwork alone is impressive enough. Even the socket is made from recycled aluminum. But since LED lights generate very little heat, the bulb is also fully functional. Without the risk of the bulb catching on fire, the effect you´re left with is a soft, relaxed glow that can illuminate a room.

Fukusada´s Wooden Light Bulb concept was the winning entry in the Kyoto Renaissance design competition and is still under development. His purpose was to design something that would “achieve the mix of modern design and traditional craft technique.”

If anything though, it´s an illuminating demonstration of how LED technology keeps heat and energy use to a minimum.

(via Fukusada Design)

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Tuan C. Nguyen was a contributing editor for SmartPlanet from 2011 to 2013.

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Tuan C. Nguyen

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Tuan C. Nguyen is a freelance science journalist based in New York City. He has written for the U.S. News and World Report, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC News, AOL, Yahoo! News and LiveScience. Formerly, he was reporter and producer for the technology section of ABCNews.com. He holds degrees from the University of California Los Angeles and the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism.

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Artist invents a wooden light bulb
Is this eco friendly? If it is then it will be great for the future generation.
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Posted by Shohagh
13th Jun
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wooden light bulb
How many trees have to be cut down for one light bulb... lol
Posted by bb_apptix
13th Jun
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This is pop art, not lighting. Sounds pretty expensive, too.
Posted by theotherwill
13th Jun
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veneer
A "natural" (and "artistic," to boot) veneer over the horrifically harsh, inhuman photons created by LED. Nice try, maybe bludgeons and prison terms will get me off my beloved Edison Incandescents.

Probably not, though. You may need a lot of local lead pollution to change my ways, that'd be you doing the pollutin' BTW.

But author's smiles aside, this is no doubt the agenda author is working for, though totally unawares.
Posted by pgit
13th Jun
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energy wasting
All the energy spent carving the wood wouldn't make it worth it. Interesting piece of art, though, but too dim for many uses.
Posted by ameyring
15th Jun
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