Monday, October 24, 2005
Odds and ends
A blacknificent squirrel
Magic-size quantum dots may replace light bulbs, light up the future - Science Daily
Upside - Paint a Wall of Light! Downside - Useless for eazy-bake oven snacks.
Magic-size quantum dots may replace light bulbs, light up the future - Science Daily
As a result, the light produced by the quantum dots looks more nearly like the “full spectrum” reading lights now on the market which produce a light spectrum closer to that of sunlight than normal fluorescent tubes or light bulbs. Of course, quantum dots, like white LEDs, have the advantage of not giving off large amounts of invisible infrared radiation unlike the light bulb.
Upside - Paint a Wall of Light! Downside - Useless for eazy-bake oven snacks.
