New York City Street Lights To Go LED

eldavojohn writes "Wired has a short piece on NYC's new street light project. I don't think we need to belabor the many benefits that LEDs hold over traditional light bulbs, but the finishing touches are being addressed, and they will hopefully be put into place sometime next year. This design won a competition back in 2004, and OVI has been whittling down the prototypes. At $1.175 million, this sounds like a pretty cheap deal considering the DOE forked over $21 million to 13 R&D projects along the same lines."

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Re:flicker crashes

[Low Ranked Craig]

Well, they have been testing these lights in my home town of Scottsdale, and they have three different types installed along one stretch of road way. They are super bright, and there is no flicker whatsoever.

The fact that they are directional is an advantage in this case since they are meant to throw light in a cone shape. The ones I've seen have no secondary lens. If there is any covering at all it is completely transparent glass.

Personally I like them because the light is white, not the orange of sodium vapor. Reminds me of when I was a kid before the move from mercury vapor to sodium vapor...