Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

LED's Efficiency Exceeds 100%

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-makes-things-easy dept.

New submitter Paul Fernhout writes "Physicists from MIT claim to have demonstrated that an LED can emit more optical power than the electrical power it consumes. Researchers suggest this LED acts like a heat pump somehow (abstract). Is it true that 230% efficient LEDs seem to violate first law of thermodynamics?"

2 of 502 comments (clear)

  1. Re:They must have used the wrong cable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's your problem, your using Monster Cables. They are known to exceed C.

    YOU ARE = YOU'RE

    YOUR = POSSESSIVE

    FOR ALL THAT IS HOLY... GET IT THE FUCK RIGHT.

    You even used YOUR correctly once. WTF.

    thanks,
    all grammar nazi's

  2. Re:Maybe by AmberBlackCat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot needs a Like button to replace the mod points altogether. It should be possible to mod up things you like, but not possible to mod things away that you don't like.